• vi. 呼吁，懇求；上訴；訴諸，求助；有吸引力，迎合愛好；（體育比賽中）訴諸裁判
• n. 呼吁，請求；吸引力，感染力；上訴；訴諸裁判
• vt. 將…上訴，對…上訴

前綴ap-同ad-. 詞根pul, 擊，打，見pulse. 原指推進(jìn)，推動，后詞義發(fā)生了變化。

appeal

appeal: [14] The ultimate Latin source of appeal, the verb adpellere (formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and pellere ‘drive’ – related to anvil, felt, and pulse), seems to have been used in nautical contexts in the sense ‘direct a ship towards a particular landing’. It was extended metaphorically (with a modification in form to appellāre) to mean ‘a(chǎn)ddress’ or ‘a(chǎn)ccost’, and from these came two specific, legal, applications: ‘a(chǎn)ccuse’ and ‘call for the reversal of a judgment’. Appeal had both these meanings when it was first adopted into English from Old French apeler.

The former had more or less died out by the beginning of the 19th century, but the second has flourished and led to the more general sense ‘make an earnest request’. Peal [14], as in ‘peal of bells’, is an abbreviated form of appeal, and repeal [14] comes from the Old French derivative rapeler.
=> anvil, felt, peal, pulse, repeal

appeal (v.)

early 14c., originally in legal sense of "to call" to a higher judge or court, from Anglo-French apeler "to call upon, accuse," Old French apeler "make an appeal" (11c., Modern French appeler), from Latin appellare "to accost, address, appeal to, summon, name," iterative of appellere "to prepare," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + pellere "to beat, drive" (see pulse (n.1)). Related: Appealed; appealing.

Probably a Roman metaphoric extension of a nautical term for "driving a ship toward a particular landing." Popular modern meaning "to be attractive or pleasing" is quite recent, attested from 1907 (appealing in this sense is from 1891), from the notion of "to address oneself in expectation of a sympathetic response."

appeal (n.)

c. 1300, in the legal sense, from Old French apel (Modern French appel), back-formation from apeler (see appeal (v.)). Meaning "call to an authority" is from 1620s; that of "attractive power" attested by 1916.

1. Its new title was meant to give the party greater public appeal.

新的黨名意在使該黨對公眾具有更強(qiáng)的吸引力。

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2. The Appeal Court has quashed the convictions of all eleven people.

上訴法庭已經(jīng)撤銷對所有11人的判決。

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3. The case is being referred to the Court of Appeal.

該案件將移交上訴法院審理。

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4. His nine-month sentence was overturned by Appeal Court judge Lord Justice Watkins.

上訴法院法官沃特金斯撤銷了對他作出的9個月徒刑的判決。

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5. Economic change for its own sake did not appeal to him.

經(jīng)濟(jì)變化本身對他并沒有吸引力。

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