(adj.) capable of arousing and holding the attention; 'a fascinating story' .
整理:莎丽
双语例句
Having first seen him perfectly swallowed up in admiration of Mrs. Jellyby, I had supposed her to be the absorbing object of his devotion. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
The ladies were not really interested in Mrs. Struthers just then; the subject of Ellen Olenska was too fresh and too absorbing to them. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
Its hoary traditions make it an object of absorbing interest to even the most careless stranger, and thus far it had interest for me; but no further. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
It is this same shock-absorbing device which is used to catch the recoil on the immense siege guns used in modern warfare. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Her fear had been too deep, too absorbing, too entire, to be changed to security. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
Mr. Helstone neither had, nor professed to have, Mr. Yorke's absorbing passion for her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
But Bell had been giving so much time and attention to this absorbing project that his teaching had suffered. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
He took out a patent covering wireless telegraphy in 1891, but other matters were then absorbing his attention, and he was quite willing to yield that field to the brilliant Italian, Marconi. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
It will be an immense care for Jo, said Meg, stroking the head of her one all-absorbing son. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
Its possible extent, therefore, is in a manner infinite in comparison of that of the other two, and is capable of absorbing the greatest capitals. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The Trenors are my best friends--I think we should all go a long way to see each other, she said, absorbing herself in the preparation of fresh tea. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
But shall we go down and watch this absorbing match? 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
Agriculture, therefore, is almost everywhere capable of absorbing a much greater capital than has ever yet been employed in it. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The sudden death of Mr. Shelby, a few days after, brought, of course, an absorbing pressure of other interests, for a season. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
What is absorbing you? 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
Clennam's surprise was not so absorbing but that he took his resolution without any incertitude. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
Once our profession becomes all absorbing it hardens into pedantry. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
I was hot, vexed, confused, but still happy; but I hated the other boys for taking such an absorbing interest in the proceedings. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
Jane's curiosity did not appear of that absorbing nature as wholly to occupy her. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
My practice is never very absorbing. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯历险记.
In respect to this all-absorbing national topic, I happen to be one of the most un-English Englishmen living. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Redwood does not contain pitch, the inflammable element in wood, and, in addition, it is extremely porous, quickly absorbing water. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
In the second case, the heat is produced by a kind of fermentation; and in the third, by the pyrites of the coal rapidly absorbing and combining with the oxygen of the air. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
The very word pupil has almost come to mean one who is engaged not in having fruitful experiences but in absorbing knowledge directly. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
Nowhere is conscience so dominant and all-absorbing as with New England women. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
In the house Professor Porter and Mr. Philander were immersed in an absorbing discussion of some weighty scientific problem. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
The same, but diversified, it grew, and swept onwards towards the absorbing ocean, whose dim shores we now reached. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
I crumpled up the letter in my pocket, and forgot it the moment after, in the all-absorbing interest of my coming interview with Rachel. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
They have opposed pouring in from without, and absorbing like a sponge; they have attacked drilling in material as into hard and resisting rock. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
This is achieved principally by absorbing into your thinking a lively doubt about all classifications and general terms, for they are the basis of statistical measurement. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.