1. ADJ If you describe something as unpromising, you think that it is unlikely to be successful or produce anything good in the future. 沒(méi)有前途的

In fact, his business career had distinctly unpromising beginnings. 事實(shí)上，他的職業(yè)生涯開(kāi)始時(shí)看起來(lái)非常沒(méi)有前途。