appeal

ap|peal¹ W1S2 [əˈpi:l] n

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

1¦(request)¦

2¦(request for money)¦

3¦(request to change decision)¦

4¦(being attractive)¦

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

1.) ¦(REQUEST)¦

an urgent request for something important

appeal for

▪ The police have issued a new appeal for information.

appeal to

▪ All the organizations involved have sent urgent appeals to the government, asking for extra funding.

▪ The girl's family have made a public appeal for help to try and catch her killer.

appeal to sb to do sth

▪ an appeal to the army to not use too much force

2.) ¦(REQUEST FOR MONEY)¦

an attempt to persuade people to give money in order to help people who need something

▪ The appeal has nearly reached its target of £100,000.

▪ The hospital has launched an appeal to raise money for new equipment.

3.) ¦(REQUEST TO CHANGE DECISION)¦ [U and C]

a formal request to a court or to someone in authority asking for a decision to be changed

appeal to

▪ an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights

on appeal

▪ The sentence was reduced to three years on appeal.

▪ All prisoners have a right of appeal .

▪ He has lodged an appeal against the size of the fine.

4.) ¦(BEING ATTRACTIVE)¦[U]

a quality that makes people like something or someone

▪ What is the particular appeal of this island?

▪ The programme has a very wide appeal .

appeal for

▪ The film has great appeal for young audiences.

▪ She's definitely got sex appeal (=she is sexually attractive) .

→↑Court of Appeal

appeal ²

appeal² W3S3 v

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

1¦(ask)¦

2¦(ask to change decision)¦

3¦(be attractive)¦

4 appeal to somebody's better nature/sense of justice etc

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: apeler 'to accuse, appeal', from Latin appellare, from appellere 'to drive to', from ad- 'to' + pellere 'to drive']

1.) ¦(ASK)¦ [I]

to make a serious public request for help, money, information etc

appeal for

▪ Church and community leaders have appealed for calm.

appeal to

▪ Farmers have appealed to the government for help.

appeal to sb to do sth

▪ The police have appealed to anyone with information to come forward and talk to them.

2.) ¦(ASK TO CHANGE DECISION)¦ [I and T]

to make a formal request to a court or someone in authority asking for a decision to be changed

▪ She is not happy with the decision and plans to appeal.

appeal against

▪ Both men intend to appeal against their convictions.

appeal to

▪ Appealing to the referee does not often result in a decision being changed.

3.) ¦(BE ATTRACTIVE)¦ [I]

if someone or something appeals to you, they seem attractive and interesting

appeal to

▪ The programme appeals especially to young children.

▪ The idea of working abroad really appeals to me.

4.) appeal to sb's better nature/sense of justice etc

to try to persuade someone to do something by reminding them that it is a good or fair thing to do

▪ You could always try appealing to his better nature.