creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression

the trouble was, it did so by donating two enormous and decidedly unprepossessing stone sculptures for which the florentine authorities have struggled to find a suitable home.

宁波市回赠了礼物。麻烦在于，宁波市赠送的是两尊巨大的，且无疑并不美观的石雕。现在佛罗伦萨官方正在努力为这两尊雕像寻找一个合适的安放地点。

despite this unprepossessing outlook, the bank envisages a recovery starting by the end of the year. it will spring from three main sources.

尽管前景堪忧，英格兰银行还是描绘了最迟今年年底启动的复苏图景。

from a distance, the rocket is unprepossessing — a slender white stalk that looks almost as if it would twang in the florida wind.

从远处看，战神1号火箭并不讨人喜欢-一根细长的白桿子，看上去几乎会在佛罗里达的风中铮铮作响。

we tend to think that electric cars are all like the g wiz vehicle, with a limited range, poor acceleration and an unprepossessing appearance.

人们倾向于认为，电力车就是gwiz小车那样的----跑得不远，加速太慢，还其貌不扬！

would you believe this cockpit is actually all inside the unprepossessing contraption on the right?

你相信这个驾驶舱，就在右图貌不惊人的「铁盒」中吗？

his father was a builder, his mother a former servant with unusual literary tastes and formidable educational aspirations for her physically unprepossessing son.

他父亲是一名建筑工人，他母亲结婚前曾是女仆，对文学有着非凡的品味，对其外表平平的儿子的教育报以巨大期望。

one recent saturday morning at an unprepossessing roadside diner in the hills above malibu, three men are gathered around a small, rickety corner table sharing a low-key late breakfast.

不久前的一个星期六上午，在马利布（malibu，美国加利福尼亚州海边城市）山林中的一家路边饭馆里，三个男人围上墻角的一张破桌，吃着不算丰盛的晚早餐。

we eventually located the cottage - tucked away behind an unprepossessing row of shops.

我们终于找到了那座小屋— 它隐藏在一排不引人注目的店铺后面。

the premise of a beveled building, say architects ayeneh office, who redesigned it, was to hide unprepossessing views of a telegraph pole and ugly building opposite.

在斜角建筑的前提下，来自建筑师ayeneh的事务所重新设计了它，目的是隐藏不讨人喜欢的一个电线桿的景象和对面丑陋的大厦。

fairfax pretends that the maniacal noise was made by grace poole, a rather dumpy , unprepossessing servant.

但菲尔费克斯太太佯称这狂笑声是格雷斯·普尔发出的，她是一个相当矮胖，不讨人喜欢的仆人。

indeed, these unprepossessing shapes may be just as remarkable as the paintings of trotting horses and tussling rhinos, providing a snapshot into humankind's first steps towards symbolism and writing.

事实上，如果考虑到这是人类向象征主义和书写迈出的第一步，那么这些未经事先处理的图案可能就和那些奔腾的马匹和扭打的犀牛壁画一样非同小可。

the fire walls make the building look unprepossessing and cut off.

一道风火墻把那座房子给隔开了，难以看清。