Engrossing

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engross

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• The popular fear of engrossing and forestalling may be compared to the popular terrors and suspicions of witchcraft. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Her forehead had been strikingly expressive of an engrossing terror and compassion that saw nothing but the peril of the accused. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Oh, it was most engrossing! 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• We are no longer lovers; nor can I call myself a friend to any; since, lost as I am, I have no thought to spare from my own wretched, engrossing self. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She had been engrossing Sir James. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The work was all-engrossing; it occupied every spare moment of his time and thought. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• But poor Harriet was such an engrossing charge! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• This original engrossing of uncultivated lands, though a great, might have been but a transitory evil. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The engrossing of land, in effect, destroys this plenty and cheapness. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Beaufort must have been very engrossing. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

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