0 a request to the public for money, information, or help -- （尤指向公眾的）呼籲，籲請，求助，懇求
1 a request made to a court of law or to someone in authority to change a previous decision -- （尤指為了改變法律或官方裁決而提出的）訴請，異議，申訴
2 the quality in someone or something that makes him, her, or it attractive or interesting -- 吸引力；感染力；魅力
3 to make a serious or formal request, especially to the public, for money, information, or help -- （尤指向公眾）呼籲，籲請，求助，懇求
[ + to infinitive ] Church leaders have appealed to the government to halt the war. 教會領袖呼籲政府停止戰爭。
I tried to appeal to (= ask for support based on) his sense of loyalty, stressing how good the company had been to him. 我努力請他對公司保持忠誠，著重強調公司一直待他不薄。
The police are appealing to the public for any information about the missing girl. 警方正向公眾求助，請他們提供有關失蹤女孩的任何資料。
They're appealing for clothes and blankets to send to the devastated region. 他們正在呼籲公眾向受災地區捐贈衣物和毛毯。
4 to request a higher court of law to consider again a decision made by a lower court, especially in order to reduce or prevent a punishment -- （尤指為尋求減輕處罰而向更高一級法院提出）上訴
The players appealed to the referee for a free kick. 這個足球運動員請求裁判判罰任意球。
The parents appealed against the school's decision not to admit the child. 這個孩子的父母對學校拒收孩子的決定提出申訴。
They're appealing to the court to reduce the sentence to a fine. 他們正向法院提出上訴，要求將判刑改為罰款。
The teenager has been given leave (= allowed) by the High Court to appeal against her two-year sentence. 該少女被判刑兩年，高級法院允許她如不服判決可提出上訴。
This way of looking at the prehistoric world appealed to me, particularly with its emphasis on long-term change.
These are prints that appeal to oral culture.
Although this is a possible solution for a hand prosthesis, it has limited appeal as it would entail the user carrying many different specialist devices.
A different kind of appeal to conceptual truth is possible.
Unlike their earlier appeals to science, though, this time around actuaries made a conscious effort to practice what the scientists seemed to be preaching.
Parties and politicians routinely collect data on voters and use this information to target particular races, compose appeals to the electorate, and contact voters directly.
The democratic appeal of this condition is obvious.
We can point to many examples of styles in the sciences and elsewhere that are too widespread to appeal only to local explanations.
