appeal是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a request to the public for money, information, or help -- （尤指向公众的）呼吁，吁请，求助，恳求

  • They're launching (= starting) an appeal to raise money for famine victims. 他们正在呼吁社会为饥民捐款。

  • [ + to infinitive ] The police have issued an appeal to the public to stay away from the area over the weekend. 警察呼吁公众在周末远离这一地区。

• 1 a request made to a court of law or to someone in authority to change a previous decision -- （尤指为了改变法律或官方裁决而提出的）诉请，异议，申诉

  • The case went to the court of appeal/the appeal court. 案件被提交到上诉法院。

  • He won his appeal and the sentence was halved. 他上诉获胜，刑期减半。

  • She has lodged (= made) an appeal against the severity of the fine. 她认为罚金太高，已提起申诉。

• 2 the quality in someone or something that makes him, her, or it attractive or interesting -- 吸引力；感染力；魅力

  • sex appeal 性感

  • Spielberg's movies have a wide appeal. 斯皮尔伯格的影片广受欢迎。

  • This used to be a marvellous hotel but it has lost its appeal in recent years. 这家旅馆曾经非常好，可是近年来却失去了吸引力。

• 3 to make a serious or formal request, especially to the public, for money, information, or help -- （尤指向公众）呼吁，吁请，求助，恳求

  • They're appealing for clothes and blankets to send to the devastated region. 他们正在呼吁公众向受灾地区捐献衣物和毛毯。

  • The police are appealing to the public for any information about the missing girl. 警方正向公众求助，请他们提供有关失踪女孩的任何信息。

  • I tried to appeal to (= ask for support based on) his sense of loyalty, stressing how good the company had been to him. 我努力请他对公司保持忠诚，着重强调公司一贯待他不薄。

  • [ + to infinitive ] Church leaders have appealed to the government to halt the war. 教会领袖呼吁政府停止战争。

• 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 -- （尤指为寻求减轻处罚而向更高一级法院提出）上诉

  • The teenager has been given leave (= allowed) by the High Court to appeal against her two-year sentence. 该少女被判刑两年，高级法院允许她如不服判决可提起上诉。

  • They're appealing to the court to reduce the sentence to a fine. 他们正向法院提起上诉，要求将判刑改为罚款。

  • The parents appealed against the school's decision not to admit the child. 这个孩子的父母对学校拒收孩子的决定提出申诉。

  • The players appealed to the referee for a free kick. 运动员请求裁判判罚任意球。

• 5 to interest or attract someone -- 对…有吸引力；对…有感染力；引起兴趣

  • It's a programme designed to appeal mainly to 16 to 25-year-olds. 这个节目的目标观众主要是16到25岁的年轻人。

  • I think what appeals to me about his painting is his use of colour. 我想，他的画感染我的地方在于他对色彩的运用。

  • UK I haven't been skiing - it's never really appealed. 我从来没有滑过雪——我对它从不感兴趣。