单词 | fascinating |
释义 | fascinating (once / 522 pages) adj Something fascinating really captures your interest: you can't take your eyes off it or can't wait to learn more about it. To a sports fan, a basketball game may be fascinating, including the smallest details, like who got the most assists and what kind of defense was played. Music fans find concerts fascinating. Many people think politics is fascinating — they can't get enough TV and magazine stories about the latest political events. Whatever you think is fascinating, it must really hold your attention: you always want to see and know more. WORD FAMILYfascinating: fascinatingly+/fascinate: fascinated, fascinates, fascinating, fascination/fascinated: fascinatedly/fascination: fascinations USAGE EXAMPLESNone of these shortcomings detract from what is a fascinating work of revisited history with all the narrative traction of a good mystery. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) No book published this year holds up a more fascinating mirror to these questions than Paul Cartledge’s Democracy: A Life. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Ms Henderson, the conservation manager at the Holkham Estate, said while seeing a dead whale was sad it was also "fascinating". BBC(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj capable of arousing and holding the attention a fascinating story Syn absorbing, engrossing, gripping, riveting interesting arousing or holding the attention 2adj capturing interest as if by a spell a fascinating woman Syn bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing attractive pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm |
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