Appeal



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 恳求; 吸引
• ［英］ v. 恳求 ( supplicate) ; 吸引 ( to be attractive, interesting)
• ［类］ remonstrator : dissuade / applicant : appeal ( 忠告者是为了劝阻 / 申请者是为了请求)
• ［记］ ap+peal ( 拉) -> 拉过去 -> 吸引, peal=pu ll

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English appel, from Anglo-French apel, from apeler
• Date: 13th century
• 1. a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower court
• 2. a criminal accusation
• 3.
  • a. an application (as to a recognized authority) for corroboration, vindication, or decision
  • b. an earnest plea ; entreaty an appeal for help
  • c. an organized request for donations the annual appeal
• 4. the power of arousing a sympathetic response ; attraction movies had a great appeal for him

II. verb

• Etymology: Middle English appelen to accuse, appeal, from Anglo-French apeler, literally, to call, summon, from Latin appellare, from appellere to drive to, from ad- + pellere to drive — more at felt
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to charge with a crime ; accuse
  • 2. to take proceedings to have (a lower court's decision) reviewed in a higher court
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to take a lower court's decision to a higher court for review
  • 2. to call upon another for corroboration, vindication, or decision
  • 3. to make an earnest request appealed to them for help
  • 4. to arouse a sympathetic response that idea appeals to him
• • appealability noun
• • appealable adjective
• • appealer noun

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