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🔑appealap·peal1 /əˈpil / verb - [intransitive] appeal to sb (for sth / to do sth) | appeal for sth to make a serious request for something you need or want very much呼吁；恳请◆Relief workers in the disaster area are appealing for more supplies.灾区救援人员呼吁外界提供更多的救灾物资。◆She appealed to the kidnappers to let her son go.她恳求绑架者释放她的儿子。
- [intransitive] appeal (to sb) to be attractive or interesting to someone吸引；引起兴趣◆The idea of living in the country doesn't appeal to me at all.乡村生活这一想法对我毫无吸引力。
- [intransitive] appeal to sth to influence someone's feelings or thoughts so that he / she will do something you want激发，唤起（情感或思想）；打动◆to appeal to someone's honor / sense of justice唤起某人的正义感◆We aim to appeal to people's generosity.我们的目的是激发人们的慷慨之心。
- [intransitive, transitive] appeal sth | appeal (to sb) (against sth) to ask someone in authority to change a decision上诉；申诉◆He decided to appeal against his conviction.他不服判决，决定上诉。
🔑appealap·peal2 /əˈpil / noun - [countable] a serious request for something you need or want very much呼吁；吁请；恳求◆Blood banks have issued an urgent appeal for donors.血库发出了献血的紧急呼吁。◆a television / radio appeal (= a television or radio program asking for help or money for a particular cause) 电视／电台呼吁
- [uncountable] the attraction or interesting quality of someone or something魅力；吸引力；诱惑力◆I can't understand the appeal of stamp collecting.我不明白集邮的魅力何在。
- [countable] a formal request to someone in authority to change a decision上诉；申诉◆The judge turned down the defendant's appeal.法官驳回了被告的上诉。
- [countable] appeal to sth a suggestion that tries to influence someone's feelings or thoughts so that he / she will do what you want激发；唤起；打动◆a powerful appeal to our sense of national pride对我们民族自豪感的强烈激发
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