| 单词 | gravitate |
| 释义 | gravitate (once / 1312 pages) v To gravitate is to move toward or feel attracted to something. People gravitate toward things they like. Gravitate used to refer to how gravity pulls objects toward the Earth, but now it also describes how people are pulled toward things they like. Little kids gravitate towards playgrounds, someone athletic will gravitate toward sports, and someone with a nice voice might gravitate toward a singing career. Dogs gravitate toward squirrels — they move toward them whenever they have a chance. But don’t blame gravity for that one! WORD FAMILYgravitate: gravitated, gravitates, gravitating, gravitation, gravitative+/grave: graved, gravely, graveness, gravest, graving, gravity/gravitation: gravitational, gravitations/gravitational: gravitationally/gravity: gravitate, gravities USAGE EXAMPLES“Since I was a kid, people always gravitated toward me,” he explains. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) As he gravitates to skateboarding and Iggy Pop, she enlists two much younger women to help teach him how to be a good man. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) They managed to stay on budget anyway, since the kids gravitated toward pizza usually. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v move toward The conversation gravitated towards politics Hyper be given, incline, lean, run, tend have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined 2v be attracted to Boys gravitate towards girls at that age Hyper be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 3v move due to the pull of gravitation The stars gravitate towards each other Hyper move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
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