| 单词 | appeal |
| 释义 | appeal (once / 72 pages) 1nv 2nv 3nv Appeal means to ask, or address. If you appeal to someone's better nature, you're asking them for mercy. If a shirt doesn't appeal to you, you could also say it doesn't "speak" to you, or more simply, you don't like it. Appeal also means to call upon a higher court to review a lower court's decision. If you appeal a court's conviction of you for shop lifting, you're asking a higher court to throw the decision out. Appeal descends from the Latin appellare "to address, call upon." WORD FAMILYappeal: appealable, appealed, appealing, appeals, appellant+/appealable: unappealable/appealing: appealingly, appealingness, unappealing/appellant: appellants/unappealing: unappealingly USAGE EXAMPLESThis was unprecedented, and it held a strange appeal. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) If Mr. Roof is sentenced to death, the dispute about his mental health is likely to be central to any appeals. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) City officials challenged that ruling, which sent the matter to state appeals court. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n earnest or urgent request an appeal for help an appeal to the public to keep calm Syn|Hypo|Hyper entreaty, prayer adjuration a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something demagoguery, demagogyimpassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace plea, supplicationa humble request for help from someone in authority solicitationan entreaty addressed to someone of superior status suita petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank courting, courtship, suit, wooinga man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) flag waving, jingoisman appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions beggary, begging, mendicancya solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) touchthe act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan) importunity, urgency, urginginsistent solicitation and entreaty bundlinga onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing asking, request the verbal act of requesting 2n request for a sum of money an appeal to raise money for starving children Syn|Hypo|Hyper collection, ingathering, solicitation whip-round (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose petition, postulation, request a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority 3v request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection 2appeal to somebody for help Syn|Hypo|Hyper invoke plead appeal or request earnestly call on, turnhave recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to beg, implore, praycall upon in supplication; entreat adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, pressask for or request earnestly bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for 1n (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial their appeal was denied in the superior court Hyper legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked 2v take a court case to a higher court for review He was found guilty but appealed immediately Hyper challenge issue a challenge to 3v challenge (a decision) She appealed the verdict Hyper challenge, take exception raise a formal objection in a court of law 4v cite as an authority; resort to 3I appealed to the law of 1900 Syn|Hyper invoke advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer make reference to 1n attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates his smile was part of his appeal to her Syn|Hypo|Hyper appealingness, charm siren call, siren song the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous winsomenesschildlike charm or appeal attractiveness sexual allure 2v be attractive to The idea of a vacation appeals to me Syn|Ant|Hypo attract repel, repulse be repellent to; cause aversion in becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance attract; cause to be enamored beckonappear inviting holdhold the attention of workgratify and charm, usually in order to influence |
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