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prepossessing是什么意思

  • 英式英标[,pripə\'zɛsɪŋ]
  • 美式音标[priːpə\'zesɪŋ]

adj. 给人好感的;有魅力的;引人注意的

v. 预先影响;使先具有(prepossess的现在分词)

中文词源

prepossessing 妩媚的,漂亮的

pre-,在前,早于,预先,possessing,占有,占据。比喻用法。

英文词源

prepossessing (adj.)
1640s, "causing prejudice," present participle adjective from prepossess. Opposite meaning "causing agreeable first impression" first recorded 1805.

实用例句

1. He was not a prepossessing sight.
他长相不怎么样。
来自《权威词典》
2. Clean clothes and good manners are prepossessing.
清洁的衣服和良好的举止能给人以好感.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. He / His appearance is not at all prepossessing.
他[他的外表]毫无吸引力.
来自辞典例句
4. The appearance of Frank Cowperwood at this time was, to say the least, prepossessing and satisfactory.
法兰克·柯帕乌这个时候的相貌, 至少是讨人欢喜,令人满意的.
来自辞典例句
5. A prepossessing performer with a beautiful baritone, Murray is tall, blond and Midwestern - looking.
一个很吸引人的表演者和一个漂亮的男中音, 莫利高大 、 金发碧眼,有着中西部人的外貌.
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