unpromising

[美國]/ʌnˈprɒmɪsɪŋ/
[英國]/ʌnˈprɑːmɪsɪŋ/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

adj. 無前途的,沒有希望的

例句

an unpromising beginning to the relationship.

該關係從開頭來看不象會有什麼前途

the boy's natural intellect had survived in unpromising circumstances.

這個男孩的天生才智在逆境中得以保存。

原聲例句

Muck divers explore apparently unpromising sand flats and muddy silts devoid of visible inhabitants.

漫潛者探索的是毫無前途的沙坪區域以及沒有任何可見居住動物的泥沙區域。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

Yet, despite this unpromising start, the boy Yuri seems to have been relatively content.

然而,儘管人生的起點不盡人意,但男孩尤里相對來說還算滿足。

來源: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

Under these unpromising auspices, the parting took place, and the journey began.

在這些沒有希望的情況下,離別發生了,旅程開始了。

來源: Northanger Abbey (original version)

Dick, meanwhile, turned to Mr. Bloeckman, determined to extract what gold he could from this unpromising load.

與此同時,迪克轉向布洛克曼先生, 決心從這毫無希望的貨物中榨取儘可能多的金子。

來源: Beauty and Destruction (Part 1)

In spite of Eustacia's apparent willingness to wait through the period of an unpromising engagement, till he should be established in his new pursuit.

雖然遊苔莎表面上願意在一個沒有多大指望的定婚期裏等待,等到他在新的工作中能安定下來。

來源: Returning Home

To diminish the number of those who are capable of paying it, is surely a most unpromising expedient for encouraging the cultivation of corn.

減少有能力支付的人數, 無疑是鼓勵種植穀物的最沒有希望的權宜之計。

來源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Two)

From the unpromising material of natural history, long seen as the Cinderella of biological science, they fashioned an ideology as powerful and transformative as any philosophy or religion before it.

此前,毫無前景的自然史一直被視爲生物學界的灰姑娘,他們卻把其中的意識形態塑造地同任何哲學思想或是宗教信仰一樣強大,充滿變革性。

來源: The Economist - Arts

It was an unpromising storefront—a grubby 1970s exterior that promised a " Vintage Clothes Emporium, all decades, all styles, low prices." But I walked in and stopped in my tracks.

這是一個毫無前途的店面——一個 1970 年代骯髒的外觀, 承諾“復古服裝商場,幾十年,所有款式,低價。 ” 但我走進去並停了下來。

來源: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

And I happen to see this really tiny study which had the unpromising name, sub-lethal behavior and physiological effects of the biomedical bleeding process on the American horseshoe crab, Limulus Polyphemus.

我碰巧看到了這項非常微小的研究,它的名稱、亞致死行爲以及對美洲鱟(Limulus Polyphemus)生物醫學放血過程的生理影響都沒有什麼希望。

來源: Radio Laboratory

He is also a risk-taker: at Roche he bet big on three costly trials of drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease, breast cancer and lung cancer, despite unpromising results in early clinical studies.

他也是一個冒險者:在羅氏,他對治療阿爾茨海默病、乳腺癌和肺癌的三項昂貴的藥物試驗下了很大賭注,儘管早期臨牀研究的結果並不樂觀。

來源: Economist Business

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