engross

英 [ɪn'grəʊs; en-] 美 [ɪn'ɡros]
  • vt. 使全神贯注;用大字体书写;正式写成(决议等);独占;吸引
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engross 使全神贯注

en-, 进入,使。gross, 总的,全部的。

engross
engross: see gross
engross (v.)
c. 1400, "to buy up the whole stock of" (in Anglo-French from c. 1300), from Old French en gros "in bulk, in a large quantity, at wholesale," as opposed to en detail. See gross.

Figurative sense of "absorb the whole attention" is first attested 1709. A parallel engross, meaning "to write (something) in large letters," is from Anglo-French engrosser, from Old French en gros "in large (letters)." Related: Engrossed; engrossing.
1. His paper would then engross his thoughts.
然后,他就会埋头看报了.

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2. Gentlemen pay her attention , and engross her all to themselves.
先生们对她百般奉承,把她弄得神魂颠倒.

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3. I'd go into bookshops and engross myself in diet books - and cookbooks.
我走进书店,聚精会神地读关于饮食的书 -- 以及食谱.

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4. But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her.
她虽然难免想到自己, 却并不是完全只想到自己.

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5. But Perdita seemed to engross all Leontes'attention.
可是里昂提斯的全部注意力好像都贯注在潘狄塔身上.

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