1.An ugly and unpromising child grows into a beautiful and worthy person.
一个丑陋、没有前途的小孩长成了一个漂亮、令人敬重的人物。
2.In fact, his business career had distinctly unpromising beginnings.
事实上，他的职业生涯开始时看起来非常没有前途。
3.Is agricultural co-operation promising, or is it unpromising?
合作化究竟是有希望，还是没有希望？
4.There was, at times, a want of spirits about him which, if it did not denote indifference, spoke of something almost as unpromising.
他有时候没精打采的，如果不是表示态度冷淡的话，就说明前景有点不妙。
5.Yet in this unpromising setting, some positive signs are visible.
但在这种绝望的环境下，我们仍可见到一些积极的迹象。
6.Behind this repetitious and unpromising pattern lay a history of disappointment at the hands of the key men in her life.
在重复、没希望的规律下面是一段失望史，造成的是在她一生中关键的男人们。