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单词 appealing
释义
appealing
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adj

The adjective appealing describes someone who is able to attract interest or is easy to like. For example, your easy sense of humor and way of making people feel comfortable make you appealing to friends old and new.
If you are appealing, people want to be around you. It might be that you are really nice, or a good listener, not to mention have good looks. Actors who are appealing tend to get a lot of parts because filmmakers know audiences will flock to see them, just as an appealing description of a dish on a menu will lead more people to order it. This something is appealing, it is — or will be — popular.
WORD FAMILY
appealing: appealingly, appealingness, unappealing+/appeal: appealable, appealed, appealing, appeals, appellant/appealable: unappealable/appellant: appellants/unappealing: unappealingly
USAGE EXAMPLES
But the founders also consciously rejected some of the less appealing aspects of life at Apple, like its legendary secrecy and top-down management style.
New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)
Video games are well-known for their levels of violence, and for appealing to an audience of mostly young men.
Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)
The other competitors – Paris and Budapest – are more appealing choices.
The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017)
1adj 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
Syn|Ant
attention-getting, catchy
likely to attract attention
attractive
having power to arouse interest
unappealing
not able to attract favorable attention
off-putting
tending to repel
unattractive
lacking power to arouse interest
2adj (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
Syn|Ant
likable, likeable, sympathetic
unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable, unsympathetic
(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
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