| 单词 | fascinated |
| 释义 | fascinated (once / 812 pages) adj When you're fascinated, you're hypnotized, mesmerized, spellbound, and transfixed — totally absorbed by something. There are two ways to be fascinated: You can be fascinated by something happening right now, like an interesting new video game you're playing. Other fascinations are more long term, like a scientist who devotes his life to studying birds because he's fascinated by them. Things that make you fascinated have to be so interesting and so intriguing that it feels like they have a magic grip on your attention span. WORD FAMILYfascinated: fascinatedly+/fascinate: fascinated, fascinates, fascinating, fascination/fascinating: fascinatingly/fascination: fascinations USAGE EXAMPLES“What fascinated me most was Churchill as a young child,” says the actor. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) They were fascinated by the lizard’s impeccable choppers, which they say reminded them of President Obama’s smile. Science Magazine(Dec 29, 2016) He’s fascinated by history, especially the exploits of the Works Progress Administration, the New Deal program that put Americans to work during the Depression. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) adj having your attention fixated as though by a spell Syn hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed enchanted influenced as by charms or incantations |
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