Avoid unpromising work assignments by feigning illness .

通过假装生病避免前途黯淡的工作。

Why protect something so unpromising ?

为什么要保护这样一块毫无前途的土地？

It is not unpromising product , just higher iodine content .

这不是没出息的产品，只是较高的碘含量。

Faced an unpromising task ; music for unpromising combinations of instruments .

应付一项没有希望的任务；把乐器毫无希望的组合在一起的音乐。

The much weaker lehman european and asian franchises are an unpromising platform on which to build from scratch a presence in the competitive u. s.market .

雷曼兄弟旗下欧洲和亚洲业务状况明显较为疲软，野村无望依据这一平台从头在美国竞争激烈的市场组建业务。