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单词 enthrall
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enthrall
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When something is so fascinating that it holds all your attention, it is said to enthrall — whether it's a thrilling action-adventure film, a breathtaking work of art, or even the person you have a crush on.
If you’ve even fallen under someone’s spell, it won’t surprise you to learn that when enthrall first entered the English language it carried the meaning of “to hold in mental or moral bondage” or “to enslave.” Nowadays the verb enthrall is used to describe something so wonderful and captivating that the person experiencing it feels like a slave. If you enthrall someone, you make them powerless — in a sense, a slave to your charms.
WORD FAMILY
enthrall: enthrallment, enthralls+/enthrallment: enthrallments/thraldom: thraldoms/thrall: enthrall, thraldom, thralldom, thralls/thralldom: thralldoms
USAGE EXAMPLES
She enthralls her boss while amazing the locals with her caustic wit and hard-boiled attitude.
New York Times(Nov 24, 2016)
The studio’s latest animated feature checks all those boxes, while still managing to enthrall.
Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016)
But the Arkansas company doesn’t seem to enthrall Wall Street as much as Amazon has, thanks to the latter’s epic double-digit growth in revenue.
Seattle Times(Nov 19, 2016)
v hold spellbound
Syn|Ant|Hyper
delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, ravish, transport
disenchant, disillusion
free from enchantment
delight, please
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
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