unpromising

1 From that unpromising beginning grew a complex, occasionally fractious friendship between the men who would create two of the 20th century’s most famous pieces of imaginary real estate, Narnia and Middle-earth.

2 Basking in their affection and repartee is “one of the most beautiful evenings of my unpromising existence,” and proves to him how hollow his own romantic relationship has been.

3 They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.

4 In fact, his business career had distinctly unpromising beginnings.

事实上，他的经商生涯从初期就明显前景暗淡。

5 There was, at times, a want of spirits about him which, if it did not denote indifference, spoke of something almost as unpromising.

他有时候没精打采的，如果不是表示态度冷淡的话，就说明前景有点不妙。

6 It is a tribute to Mr Chandler's skill that he has fashioned a fascinating book out of such unpromising material.

钱德勒先生竟然以如此不被看好的素材写出了一本引人入胜的书，这充分证明了他的写作技巧。

7 Vivian Qu’s “Trap Street,” set in an appropriately generic Chinese city, opens unpromisingly with lurching tone and broad acting, but flips midway when its protagonist accidentally stumbles on a secret government facility.

8 From this unpromising beginning, Second Hand Rose’s popularity grew, and the band members in time came to be known as veterans of alternative rock.

9 From an unpromising pair of instruments, Lachenmann creates an utterly fresh sound world of quiet rattles, strummings and tickings; it's done with precision and discrimination, and a wonderful sense of musical poetry.

10 The narrator tries to follow an unpromising trail, meeting improbable — yet sometimes teasingly possible — others.

11 Rarely can a marriage have taken place in more difficult or unpromising circumstances.

12 It’s an unpromising day to meet Richard Kind, as the first big rainstorm of the winter pounds Los Angeles.

13 After Harry has a fight with his wife and mother-in-law on returning home still drunk, the three then head off for an impulsive break in London – of all the dreary and unpromising places.

14 Or could some of them be hidden treasures, insights that look unpromising simply because they’re so unfamiliar?

15 Rachel had the driver turn down this unpromising dirt road.

16 They have fallen into a painful situation—“putting their limited lives into getting rid of numerous unpromising stocks”. “Avoid the stock market like poison” has become their heartfelt cry.

股民们曾经的梦想一再破灭，他们陷入「用有限的生命投入到无限的解套」的苦况，「远离股市，远离毒品」成为他们发自内心的呼喊。

17 Like Nabokov, he is a writer who knows how to make words succeed in the most unpromising places.

18 It's that word "unpromising" that sticks with me.

19 The secret of Whicker's ability to appear unthreatening in the most fraught and unpromising interviews was long debated in media watering holes.

20 He transcended his unpromising background beyond all expectations, winning scholarships to the local high school and to Liverpool University, from which he graduated in 1940.

1 不乐观

unpromisingly

2 没有前途的

dead-end

3 希望不大的

dim

4 不乐观的

dim bleak

5 没有希望的

rough bleak horizonless hopeless game over

6 没有希望

rough bleak horizonless be not a proposition be not in it bleakly

7 无前途的

inauspicious

8 没希望的

hopeless

9 前途无望的

future