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Captivating Makes Adjective Holds 英 Kæptɪveɪtɪŋ] 美 Kæptɪveɪtɪŋ Adj.迷人的;有魅力的

英语单词 captivating
英美音标 英 ['kæptɪveɪtɪŋ] 美 ['kæptɪveɪtɪŋ]
中文释义 adj.迷人的;有魅力的
动词captivate的现在分词.
英语例句 (1) Your captivating personality makes you a shining star in social situations.
(2) Thirst for speed and danger makes the game more captivating.
中文例句 (1) 你迷人的个性使你成为社交场合上的风云人物。
(2) 对速度和惊险的渴望使得该游戏更具魅力。
vocabulary简明 The adjective captivating describes something that's completely enthralling and holds your attention. You might find a marathon of episodes of a TV show so captivating that you forget to eat dinner.
vocabulary扩展 When people are captivating, they're often very intelligent, attractive, charming, or otherwise fascinating. Something that catches and holds your interest is captivating, like a captivating mystery novel you just can't put down. In fact, this adjective comes from the Latin captivatus, "to take or capture," and early in its use, captivating had that literal meaning. Now it's only used to mean capturing interest.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]迷人的;有吸引力的 Someone or something that is captivating fascinates or attracts you.
  • ...her captivating smile and alluring looks.

    她那迷人的微笑和妩媚的眼神

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