unprepossessing

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·pre·pos·sess·ing /ˌʌnpriːpəˈzesɪŋ/ adjective formal ATTRACT#not very attractive or noticeable 不吸引人的，不引人注意的 Despite his unprepossessing appearance, he was very popular with women. 他虽然其貌不扬，但很有女人缘。

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unprepossessing• In appearance he was singularly unprepossessing.• To top this unprepossessing appearance was a thin, scrawny neck which seemed only just to support the weight of his head.• Jim's is an unprepossessing corner cafe-shabby furniture, steamy windows, pine tongue-and-groove walls.• The door was swung open by an unprepossessing man of middle stature, creamy-faced, and merry-eyed.• The ferry was the most unprepossessing sea vessel I've ever seen.• The book contains 58 photographs of this unprepossessing site.• His writing-room on the first floor contains an unprepossessing table and a sideboard, on which sit his word-processor and printer.• When first surveyed, a few years ago, it had rendered outer walls and unprepossessing windows.