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prepossessing

/pree-puh-zes-ing/US // ˌpri pəˈzɛs ɪŋ //UK // (ˌpriːpəˈzɛsɪŋ) //

逼真,帅气,帅哥美女,逼真的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive: a confident and prepossessing young man.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.attractive, handsome

Examples

  • "I'm quite aware that my appearance is not prepossessing," said the Hole-keeper, with a scornful look at the Goblin.

  • Now Dabbler was a widower; he was not of prepossessing appearance, and his h's troubled him, but Dabbler was a warm man.

  • There is a class of men ever ready to chatter with servants, particularly if they are of prepossessing appearance.

  • Here was a foreign woman, of prepossessing appearance, administering sounding osculations to his unwilling fingers.

  • In 1846 the chancel, which isn't anything very prepossessing, was added to the church.