Engaging

(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.

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