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词汇 prepossessing
释义 prepossessing
adjective
uk /ˌpriː.pəˈzes.ɪŋ/ us /ˌpriː.pəˈzes.ɪŋ/
interesting, attractive, or impressive: 给人好感的;打动人的;有吸引力的
He wasn't a very prepossessing sort of person.他不是那种很能给人以好感的人。
The box didn't look very prepossessing, but the necklace inside was beautiful.那个盒子看起来不大吸引人,但里面的项链很漂亮。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Attractive
adorable
adorably
adorbs
aesthetic
aesthetically
delicate
disarming
disarmingly
distinguished
dreamy
lovable
lovably
loveliness
lovely
lusciously
stunning
stunningly
suave
suavely
suit

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Exciting and interesting

Examples of prepossessing


prepossessing
This conclusion is not prepossessing.
I hope it is a more prepossessing child than the one we have before us today.
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It was a not very prepossessing small, square, concrete building but the people were proud of it.
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Perhaps he is a small fat man who wears glasses and does not look too prepossessing.
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I was born and bred in this city, and, as has already been said, it is a city which at the moment is far from having a prepossessing appearance.
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He consented to take it, and the lady, who was of very prepossessing appearance, got her decree nisi in a matter of four or five minutes.
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Blacket was a prepossessing young man, handsome, well-mannered, elegantly dressed and with 600 in capital.
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Although the classical exterior of the church is not prepossessing, the interior is widely admired.
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A more attractive and prepossessing detective would be hard to find.
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The singer suggests she is so prepossessing that images of her incite fisticuffs among the internees.
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Critics praised these compressed poems of great texture and inventiveness, as prepossessing and formidable, hardwon and solid.
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