appeal
Từ điển Collocation
appeal noun
1 serious request for sth you need/want very much
ADJ. desperate, emergency, emotional, urgent | direct | fresh, further a fresh appeal for witnesses to come forward | mute She gazed at him in mute appeal.
VERB + APPEAL issue, make They made a direct appeal to the government for funding.
PREP. ~ for an appeal for help | ~ to an appeal to reason
2 formal request to sb in authority
ADJ. formal, personal
VERB + APPEAL bring, file, lodge, make He's lodged an appeal against the size of the fine. | win | lose | allow (formal), consider, hear The judge has agreed to allow his appeal. The court will hear the appeal on 10 June. | uphold His appeal was upheld and he was released immediately. | deny, dismiss, reject, throw out, turn down
APPEAL + VERB fail | succeed
APPEAL + NOUN court, tribunal | hearing | judge | procedure, process, system
PREP. on ~ On appeal, it was held that the judge was correct. | under ~ a case currently under appeal | ~ against an appeal against his conviction of fraud | ~ for an appeal for leniency | ~ to an appeal to the High Court
PHRASES a court of appeal, give/grant sb leave to appeal, grounds of appeal, pending appeal The players have been suspended pending appeal. | a right of appeal You have the right of appeal to the Consitutional Court.
3 event for raising money
ADJ. charity, fund-raising | radio, television
VERB + APPEAL hold, launch An appeal is to be launched on behalf of the refugees. | back, support
APPEAL + VERB raise sth The radio appeal raised over three million pounds.
APPEAL + NOUN fund
4 attraction/interest
ADJ. considerable, great, growing, obvious, powerful, special, strong | immediate, instant the book's immediate apeal to young children | limited, little | broad, mass, popular, universal, wide a publication designed for mass appeal | aesthetic, commercial, electoral, intellectual, sex, visual Unfortunately, the film lacks commercial appeal.
VERB + APPEAL have, hold His views hold no appeal for me. | broaden, extend, widen We are trying to broaden the appeal of classical music. | lose
APPEAL + VERB lie in sth His considerable appeal lies in his quiet, gentle manner.
PREP. ~ for School lost its appeal for her in the second year.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- earnest or urgent request; entreaty, prayer
an entreaty to stop the fighting
an appeal for help
an appeal to the public to keep calm
- attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; appealingness, charm
his smile was part of his appeal to her
- (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
their appeal was denied in the superior court
- request for a sum of money; solicitation, collection, ingathering
an appeal to raise money for starving children
v.
- take a court case to a higher court for review
He was found guilty but appealed immediately
- request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; invoke
appeal to somebody for help
Invoke God in times of trouble
- be attractive to; attract
The idea of a vacation appeals to me
The beautiful garden attracted many people
- challenge (a decision)
She appealed the verdict
- cite as an authority; resort to; invoke
He invoked the law that would save him
I appealed to the law of 1900
She invoked an ancient law
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
appeals|appealed|appealing
syn.: beg entreat implore plead
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