Even so, Mr Chamorro-Premuzic argued, conscientious but unprepossessing characters tend to have little-noticed but precious advantages.

即便如此，查莫罗-普雷穆季奇认为，勤勉认真但平平无奇的人往往有易被察觉，但非常宝贵的优势。

'You would not have thought him unprepossessing if you had seen him with mamma'.

“如果你看到和妈妈在一起， 你就会觉得讨人喜欢了” 。

That sweet unprepossessing woman, two kids, boo-hoo-hoo, reminded us all of our little Jewish mamas

那个可爱的讨人喜欢的女人，两个孩子，嘘嘘，让我们想起了我们所有的小犹太妈妈。

He glanced at Gloria as though expecting moral support, but she had turned back to her contemplation of the dubious and unprepossessing out-of-doors.

瞥了格洛丽亚一眼， 好像在期待道义上的支持， 但已经转过身去思考户外的可疑和讨人喜欢的事情。

Soon they were off in the Gem again, Grace, at least, keeping a wary eye out for alligators. But they saw none of the unprepossessing creatures.

很快，们又出发了，格蕾丝，至少，警惕地留意着鳄鱼。但们没有看到任何起眼的生物。

She waited five minutes inspecting her unprepossessing competitors—then she walked briskly out into the farthest recesses of Central Park and remained so long that she caught a cold.

等了五分钟， 审视了那些起眼的竞争对手——然后轻快地走到中央公园最远的隐蔽处， 呆得太久，以至于感冒了。

It might be unprepossessing, even ugly, with its stumpy branches and pockmarked bark, but this tough little tree is a survivor and a pioneer, essential to nearly all life in the Arctic.

它可能并引人注目，甚至很丑陋，枝干粗壮，树皮上有麻点，但这种坚韧的小树是幸存者和先驱者，对北极地区几乎所有的生命都至关重要。

Paklin purposely changed the subject of conversation, which was rather a sore one to him. He could never resign himself to his small stature, nor indeed to the whole of his unprepossessing figure.

帕克林故意改变话题，这对来说是一个相当痛苦的话题。永远无法接受自己矮小的身材，也无法接受那毫无魅力的整体形象。

It was getting dusk, and we seemed to be passing through a shy portion of the town, there were few people about in the ill-lighted streets, and these few were men of the most unprepossessing pattern.

天快黑了，我们似乎正穿过小镇的一个僻静的地方，昏暗的街道上几乎没有人，而且这几个人是最起眼的人。