Appealing
[ə'piːlɪŋ] or [ə'pilɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) able to attract interest or draw favorable attention; 'He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology'- Vincent Starrett; 'an appealing sense of humor'; 'the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing' .
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解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appeal
(a.) That appeals; imploring.
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例句/造句/用法:
- All flashed indignant or appealing glances at the inexorable Davis, and one passionate lime lover burst into tears. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Little Georgette still piped her plaintive wail, appealing to me by her familiar termMinnie, Minnie, me very poorly! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I caught Dora's eye as I bowed to her, and I thought it looked appealing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Mr. Giles directed an appealing glance at the tinker; but he had suddenly fallen asleep. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- He came forward and was introduced, and made a speech appealing to the patriotism of the meeting. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- At last Loerke turned to Gudrun, raising his hands in helpless irony, a shrug of ironical dismissal, something appealing and child-like. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- You know my old opinion of him, said Mr. Skimpole, lightly appealing to us. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I gave up all hope of appealing to my recognition of Laura, or to Marian's recognition of her, in proof of her identity. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He's enough to break his mother's heart, is this boy,' said Miss Wren, half appealing to Eugene. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Appealing to YOU, would be rather a rum course. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Of wild and overweening temper, she could not bear the humiliation of her husband's soft, half-appealing kindness to everybody. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- There was no use appealing to a magistrate. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Hailing his softened tone and manner, his daughter fell upon her knees before him, with her appealing hands upon his breast. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- In spite of myself I was in danger of appealing to her pity. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The class looked at the master, as if appealing from the irregular entrapment of this mode of examination. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- His words were quite abrupt and awkward; but the tone made them sound like an ardent, appealing avowal. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I thought you would consider that a good sign, said Dorothea, with an appealing look into her husband's neutral face. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Thus the sophistical fabric has been demolished, chiefly by appealing to the analogy of the arts. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- I opened the proceedings by publicly appealing to Mr. Fairlie to say whether I appeared there with his authority and under his express sanction. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I hope you won't take this freedom on my part amiss; it's only a way I have of appealing to the gentle reader. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Then, turning to me, in a diffident, half-appealing voice--Lucy-- Well, I am at your side. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Again the one singer cried in an appealing manner; then silence and the hurried notes of the hidden birds. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Again fell the appealing accent, and at the same instant she left her chair, and came and sat on the stool at my feet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It may be possible to trace Mr. Candy's lost recollection, without the necessity of appealing to Mr. Candy himself. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
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