| 单词 | appeal |
| 释义 | appeal (verb) appeal 7 ENTRIES FOUND: appeal (noun) appeal (verb) appealing (adjective) appeals court (noun) court of appeals (noun) sex appeal (noun) snob appeal (noun) 1 appeal /əˈpiːl/ noun plural appeals 1 appeal /əˈpiːl/ noun plural appeals Learner's definition of APPEAL 1 [noncount] : a quality that causes people to like someone or something吸引力；感染力；魅力 I can't understand the appeal of skydiving. [=I can't understand why some people like it]我搞不明白特技跳伞有什么吸引力。 Music never held much appeal [=attraction] for him.他对音乐一直没有太多兴趣。 Her jokes are quickly losing their appeal.她的笑话很快就失去了感染力。 The movie has great appeal to/for adults as well as children. [=adults and children like the movie]这部电影不管是对大人还是对孩子都很有吸引力。 the wide/broad/mass/universal appeal of the artist's work艺术家作品的广泛感染力 — see also sex appeal 2 [count] a : a serious request for help, support, etc.恳求；吁请；请求 They made a desperate appeal [=plea, entreaty] for help.他们极力恳求帮助。 His appeals to his father for money were ignored.父亲对他要钱的请求置之不理。 The mayor made an appeal to the people of the city to stay calm.市长吁请市民保持镇静。 b : an attempt to make someone do or accept something as right or proper by saying things that are directed at a person's feelings, attitudes, etc.打动；劝说 — + to The author makes an appeal to the reader's emotions.这位作者打动了读者。 an appeal to reason呼吁理智 an appeal to the intellect劝说知识界 c : an organized effort to raise money捐赠活动 We made a donation during the school's annual appeal.我们在学校每年一次的捐赠活动中捐了款。 She helped to organize/launch an appeal on behalf of the homeless.她协助组织/发起了一次捐赠活动，帮助无家可归的人。 3 : a process in which a decision is studied and accepted or rejected by a higher court or by someone in authority上诉；申诉 [count] My lawyer said the court's decision wasn't correct and that we should file for an appeal.我的律师说法院的判决不当，我们应该提起上诉。 lodge an appeal提起上诉 [noncount] Her conviction was thrown out on appeal. [=a higher court decided that she should not have been convicted]提起上诉以后，她的有罪判决被推翻了。 The case is currently under appeal. [=the case is currently being reviewed by a higher court]此案正在上诉过程中。 — see also court of appeals 2 appeal /əˈpiːl/ verb appeals; appealed; appealing 2 appeal /əˈpiːl/ verb appeals; appealed; appealing Learner's definition of APPEAL 1 [no object] : to be liked by someone : to be pleasing or attractive to someone有吸引力；有感染力；受人喜爱 The movie appeals to adults as well as (to) children. [=adults and children like the movie]这部电影不管是对大人还是对孩子都很有吸引力。 music that appeals to a wide variety of people广受喜爱的音乐 The idea of going to college appealed to him greatly. [=the idea was very appealing to him]他非常渴望上大学。 2 [no object] a : to ask for something (such as help or support) in a serious way呼吁；吁请；恳求 The government appealed for calm.政府呼吁保持镇静。 desperate people who are appealing for help恳求帮助的绝望的人们 The government appealed to the people to stay calm.政府吁请人民保持镇静。 b : to try to make someone do or accept something as right or proper by saying things that are directed at a person's feelings, attitudes, etc.打动；劝说 — + to We got them to join by appealing to their sense of duty and honor.我们通过激发他们的责任感和荣誉感使他们参与进来。 3 : to make a formal request for a higher court or for someone in authority to review and change a decision上诉；申诉 [no object] He appealed, arguing that there was not enough evidence to convict him.他提起上诉，辩称给他定罪的证据不足。 She lost the case and appealed the following month.她输了官司并于次月提起上诉。 (Brit) We plan to appeal against the court's decision.我们不服法院的判决，计划提起上诉。 [+ object] (US) We plan to appeal the court's decision.我们计划对法院判决提起上诉。 The ruling can be appealed within 30 days.本裁决可在30天内提出上诉。 (baseball) The runner was called out at home plate but the manager appealed the umpire's decision.跑垒队员在本垒被判出局，但主教练对裁判判罚提出了申诉。 |
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