engrossing

英 [ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈɡroʊsɪŋ]

adj.  十分有趣的; 非常吸引人的
v.  使全神贯注; 占去(某人)的全部注意力和时间
engross的现在分词

现在分词：engrossing　

法律

COCA.33765

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 十分有趣的;非常吸引人的
  Something that isengrossingis very interesting and holds your attention completely.
  1. He is an engrossing subject for a book.
     他是非常有趣的写作素材。

英英释义

adj

• capable of arousing and holding the attention
  1. a fascinating story
  Synonym:absorbingfascinatinggrippingriveting

双语例句

• Kemble's memoirs, especially her "Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation", are as important historically as they are engrossing.
  肯布尔的回忆录，尤其是“佐治亚庄园的生活日记”一章，不仅引人入胜，而且具有重要历史意义。
• Few things in life are as engrossing as a good fight between highly trained and skilled adversaries.
  生活中绝大多数事都比不上训练有素，经验丰富的论敌间的激烈辩论引人入胜。
• It might soon have ripened into that engrossing feeling. The Peer Group as a Social and Cultural Context
  很快便会发展成那种压倒一切的感情的。作为社会和文化情境的同伴圈子对儿童学业/社会能力发展的影响
• Directors must therefore attract audiences as much by their recreation of a historical setting as by an engrossing storyline.
  因此，为吸引观众，导演必须再现历史情境，并打造出引人入胜的故事情节。
• But the subject with which its enquiries are conversant has in all ages necessarily constituted one of the chief practical interests of mankind, and, in some, a most unduly engrossing one.
  但是它所研究的主题在各个时代却必然是人类所主要关心的事情之一，并在某些时代，是最最关心的事情。
• A dateless bargain to engrossing death.
  和死亡来一场永恒的交易。
• A captivating, engrossing debut,* a fast-paced tale of international crime and skullduggery written with style and panache.
  一个快节奏的跨国犯罪和诈骗的故事，风格独特，文笔华丽。
• I find the Middle Ages so totally fascinating, and this book was engrossing from beginning to end.
  我觉得这样完全中世纪迷人，这本书是从开始到结束引人入胜。
• I am strongly drawn to a frugal life and am often oppressively aware that I am engrossing an undue amount of the labor of my fellowmen.
  我深深向往一种俭朴的生活，由于经常意识到自己占用了同胞太多的劳动而心有不安。
• It might soon have ripened into that engrossing feeling.
  很快便会发展成那种压倒一切的感情的。