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appear

court/judge ± i# If /  'g*     0 (NAmE) an appeals

court/judge ± i# II / '& If 0 an appeal against the 3-match ban   3        jgjA W B ifr —see also court

of appeal 2 [U] a quality that makes sb/sth attractive or interesting R£ 31f];   M A :         mass/wide/

popular appeal  / TA o The

Beatles have never really lost their appeal. MA/iATslAlft liilfe        O The prospect of living in a city holds

little appeal for me.         AM

ft] d — see also sex appeal 3 [C, U] ~ (to sb) (for sth) | to sb to do sth an urgent and deeply felt request for money, help or information, especially one made by a charity or by the police ( ) Rf

Rf, Rf it,    to launch a TV appeal for donations to

the charity iliMflRf A #A ik li$t 0 a look of

silent appeal HKiKJiAW @ ft 0 The child’s mother made an emotional appeal on TV for his return. ® fr # A 0 The police made an appeal to the public to remain calm. WARf #o 4 [C] ~ to sth an indirect suggestion that any good, fair or reasonable person would act in a particular way B A; JT Al: I relied on an appeal to his finer feelings.

n verb 1 [V] ~ (to sb/sth) (against sth) to make a formal request to a court or to sb in authority for a judgement or a decision to be changed Aw ; JB if: He said he would appeal after being found guilty on four counts of

murder,     o

The company is appealing against the ruling. A A -lEA- B ijfo ISHIil In North American English, the form appeal (sth) (to sb/sth) is usually used, without a preposition:  The company has ten days to appeal the

decision to the tribunal, A  ]§ AAI appeal (sth) (to

sb/sth),    : The company has ten days to appeal the

decision to the tribunal. 2 [V] ~ (to sb) to attract or interest sb ^ it §| ij; m % A ; 31 UA @ :     The

prospect of a long wait in the rain did not appeal. *Hf(]i? ftlJ        Af3A<= o The design has to appeal to all

ages and social groups. i£i+ % ^ S ft , %/hWlfo

3 [V] ~ (to sb) (for sth) to make a serious and urgent request Rf Rf; Rfif;     Nationalist leaders appealed

for calm:   m M’jt ttfil Rf     IK 0 I am

appealing on behalf of the famine victims (= asking for money).  0 Police have

appealed for witnesses to come forward. ff^R?Rf iffA© j§ rffi iB o 0 Organizers appealed to the crowd not to panic. £l£R;f-R¥AA$¥T^1f'RL 4 ~ (to sth) to try to persuade sb to do sth by suggesting that it is a fair,

reasonable, or honest thing to do BA; Ali#; FJA(J: [V]

They needed to appeal to his sense of justice. AjtklftlEAliSo [also V speech] ap'peal court noun 1 m court of appeal 2 Ap peals Court [C] (US) = Court of Appeals ap peal ing /a’piilir)/ adj. 1 attractive or interesting WMAftJ;       Spending the

holidays in Britain wasn’t a prospect that I found particu­larly appealing.

Pin unappealing 2 showing that you want people to help you or to show you pity or sympathy A lA; rT ; #M |W]'I# (ft: ‘Would you really help?’ he said with an appealing look. “ ifr M ift S M W 'it? ” #, if ^ M A ifkiSL ► appealingly adv.:       The dog looked up at her

appealingly.fi,iRj'ttEEJ&MIflfeo ap pear* /a'pia(r); NAmEa'pir/ verb ► LOOK/SEEM # A ; if {$■ 1 linking verb (not used in the progressive tenses Ai&frBt) to give the impression of being or doing sth JM#; #A; UA HTO seem: [V-ADJ] She didn’t appear at all surprised at the news. MjdJt   <> [V-N] He appears

a perfectly normal person, ilk # A A AA Jt AlF: A (ft A 0 0 [V to inf] She appeared to be in her late thirties.

M'l&PU A A 7 o o They appeared not to know what was happening. ftk i\] U A A $q if iE ft A A [ft B- ,       0 There

appears to have been a mistake. # A A' -' A ii it o 0 [V (that)] It appears that there has been a mistake. # A 4i — A H it o O It appears unlikely that interest rates will fall further. # A ffl A A A A B ^ IK 0 o It would