Appealing
[ə'piːlɪŋ] or [ə'pilɪŋ]
解释:
(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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解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appeal
(a.) That appeals; imploring.
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例句:
- All flashed indignant or appealing glances at the inexorable Davis, and one passionate lime lover burst into tears. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Little Georgette still piped her plaintive wail, appealing to me by her familiar termMinnie, Minnie, me very poorly! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- I caught Dora's eye as I bowed to her, and I thought it looked appealing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Mr. Giles directed an appealing glance at the tinker; but he had suddenly fallen asleep. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- He came forward and was introduced, and made a speech appealing to the patriotism of the meeting. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- At last Loerke turned to Gudrun, raising his hands in helpless irony, a shrug of ironical dismissal, something appealing and child-like. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- You know my old opinion of him, said Mr. Skimpole, lightly appealing to us. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I gave up all hope of appealing to my recognition of Laura, or to Marian's recognition of her, in proof of her identity. 威尔基·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. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Appealing to YOU, would be rather a rum course. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Of wild and overweening temper, she could not bear the humiliation of her husband's soft, half-appealing kindness to everybody. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- There was no use appealing to a magistrate. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Hailing his softened tone and manner, his daughter fell upon her knees before him, with her appealing hands upon his breast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- In spite of myself I was in danger of appealing to her pity. 威尔基·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. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- His words were quite abrupt and awkward; but the tone made them sound like an ardent, appealing avowal. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I thought you would consider that a good sign, said Dorothea, with an appealing look into her husband's neutral face. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Thus the sophistical fabric has been demolished, chiefly by appealing to the analogy of the arts. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- I opened the proceedings by publicly appealing to Mr. Fairlie to say whether I appeared there with his authority and under his express sanction. 威尔基·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. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Then, turning to me, in a diffident, half-appealing voice--Lucy-- Well, I am at your side. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Again the one singer cried in an appealing manner; then silence and the hurried notes of the hidden birds. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- 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. 维莱特.
- It may be possible to trace Mr. Candy's lost recollection, without the necessity of appealing to Mr. Candy himself. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
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