(adj.) attracting or delighting; 'an engaging frankness'; 'a piquant face with large appealing eyes' .
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The lady was young, engaging, and handsome, but not marked for long life. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
A fine horse, my friend, said the Count, addressing the groom with the most engaging familiarity of manner, You are going to drive out? 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Ferdinand Barnacle was there, and in his most engaging state. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
Now this won't do, said John, hardening his heart against the engaging little sinner. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
Were he to become a copartner, he would, in engaging in the conjoint activity, have the same interest in its accomplishment which others have. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
There is little evidence of the primitive Aryans engaging in religious dances. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
The engaging young Barnacle was the first arrival; but Bar overtook him on the staircase. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
Captain Fitz-Marshall is a man of very engaging manners, and, I dare say, has many enemies. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Among his treasures was a copy of Fresenius’s Qualitative Analysis, engaging reading for a boy only twelve years old. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
As engaging the emotions and the imagination, they have the qualities which give the fine arts their quality. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
He had a lively touch-and-go way with him, very pleasant and engaging, I admit; but nothing to compare with his free-and-easy manners of other times. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Sherlock Holmes and I had no difficulty in engaging a bedroom and sitting-room at the Crown Inn. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯历险记.
I had been upon the ground and knew it did not admit of his engaging all the men he had. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
Already in the thirteenth century we have seen Pope Gregory IX and the Emperor Frederick II engaging in a violent public controversy. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
If he were to be very alert in engaging Jane Fairfax now, it might augur something. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
What was the use of my trying to look wise when she was so pretty, and so engaging, and so fond of him! 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
It had cog wheels engaging teeth on the side of the rail. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Serve me right for engaging a man with such a face. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.
Is your profession really so engaging and interesting as to absorb your whole attention? 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
He has been in Parliament some time, you know,' returned the engaging young Barnacle. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
It chanced, however, that his wife expressed a dislike to the engaging Blandois, and that the balance of feeling in the hotel was against him. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
A certain flabbiness of fiber prevents the contemplated object from gripping him and engaging him in action. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
The function of this material in engaging activity and carrying it on consistently and continuously is its interest. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
He's engaging the enemy. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
Yet her engaging face, being an open as well as a perceptive one, was not without her husband's latent smile. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
She is the prettiest and most engaging little fairy in the world. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
In speaking of her attractions, I would not exaggerate language; but, indeed, they seemed to me very real and engaging. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Rebecca found no difficulty in engaging Briggs in a long, intimate, and delightful conversation. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
He is a truly excellent young man, and we could not refuse to listen to him, but I will not consent to Meg's engaging herself so young. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
I thought all this very pretty and engaging, and Steerforth seemed to think so too, as we looked after them fading away in the light of a young moon. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.