appeal1/əˋpil; əˈpiːl/n 1 [C] an urgent public request for help, money, information etc 呼吁﹔恳求: +for Police have issued an appeal for information. 警方发出呼吁,征求线索。The girl's parents have made a public appeal for her safe return. 那个女孩的父母向公众发出呼吁帮她平安回来。The hospital has launched an appeal to raise £150,000. 医院发出呼吁﹐要筹集 15 万英镑。2 [C,U] a formal request to a court or to someone in authority asking for a decision to be changed 上诉﹔申诉: +to an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights 向欧洲人权法庭提出的上诉+against He lost his appeal against a 6-month jail sentence. 他不服六个月监禁的上诉失败了。3 [U] if something has appeal, people think it is attractive or interesting 吸引力﹐魅力: +of the popular appeal of football 足球的普遍吸引力SEX APPEAL
appeal2v 1 [I] to make a serious public request for help, money, information etc 呼吁﹔恳求: +for The President has appealed for calm. 总统呼吁保持冷静。Police are appealing for witnesses. 警方呼吁目击者挺身而出。appeal to sb (to do sth) Hungary has appealed to foreign zoos to find the animals a home. 匈牙利恳请外国动物园为这些动物找个家。2 [I,T] to make a formal request to a court or someone in authority asking for a decision to be changed 上诉﹔申诉: +against He plans to appeal against his conviction. 他打算对他的判决提出上诉。3 [I] if something appeals to you, you think it is attractive or interesting 吸引: +to That idea doesn’t appeal to me at all. 这个主意一点也不吸引我。