Engrossing
[ɪn'ɡrəʊsɪŋ] or [ɛn'grosɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engross
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例句/造句/用法:
- The popular fear of engrossing and forestalling may be compared to the popular terrors and suspicions of witchcraft. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Her forehead had been strikingly expressive of an engrossing terror and compassion that saw nothing but the peril of the accused. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Oh, it was most engrossing! 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- We are no longer lovers; nor can I call myself a friend to any; since, lost as I am, I have no thought to spare from my own wretched, engrossing self. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She had been engrossing Sir James. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The work was all-engrossing; it occupied every spare moment of his time and thought. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- But poor Harriet was such an engrossing charge! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- This original engrossing of uncultivated lands, though a great, might have been but a transitory evil. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The engrossing of land, in effect, destroys this plenty and cheapness. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Beaufort must have been very engrossing. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
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