uninviting prospectsomething unpleasant that you will have to do 将不得不做的事 He faced the uninviting prospect of a two-hour wait for the next train. 眼下他得花两个小时等待下一班火车。
uninviting prospect• This uninviting prospect was offered to a people who, in name at any rate, had tasted independence.
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