mesmerize
英 美['mɛzməraɪz]
- vt. 施催眠术；迷住；以魅力迫使
词态变化
第三人称单数: mesmerizes;过去式: mesmerized;过去分词: mesmerized;现在分词: mesmerizing;形容词: mesmerizing;
中文词源
mesmerize 迷住，着迷
来自19世纪奥地利医生Franz Anton Mesmer,因他发明了一种催眠术而得名。字面意思即使催眠的，引申词义迷住，着迷。
英英释意
- 1. attract strongly, as if with a magnet;
- "She magnetized the audience with her tricks"
- 2. induce hypnosis in
英文词源
- mesmerize
- mesmerize: [19] Franz Anton Mesmer (1734– 1815) was an Austrian doctor whose experiments with what he called ‘animal magnetism’, by which he induced a trance-like state in his subjects, are considered to be the forerunner of modern hypnotism (formerly called mesmerism [19]). The broader sense of mesmerize, ‘enthral’, dates from the early 20th century.
- mesmerize (v.)
- 1829, back-formation from mesmerism. Transferred sense of "enthrall" is first attested 1862. Related: Mesmerized; mesmerizing.
实用场景例句
- Her performance was mesmerizing.
- 她的表演让人入迷。
牛津词典
- He was absolutely mesmerised by Pavarotti on television...
- 他完全被电视上的帕瓦罗蒂迷住了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There was something about Pearl that mesmerised her.
- 珀尔身上有什么东西吸引住了她。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence ( Justin Kaplan )
- 他只要一出场,观众就为之倾倒 ( 查士丁·卡普兰 )
期刊摘选
- You can mesmerize anyone you meet with your cultured attitude and outlook.
- 凭你的修养态度,你能记住所有遇到的人.
期刊摘选
- You shouldn't mesmerize anyone who's drinking.
- 你不可能用催眠术去催眠一个正在喝酒的人.
电影对白
- It to see this again . I another song mesmerize and she also sang song that night.
- 惭愧,曾经车中放了这歌曲有近半年吧,居然不知道原来是王菲唱的.
期刊摘选
- Take control and before you know it you will mesmerize the person of your choice.
- 保持控制权,你已经让你看中的人很着迷了.
期刊摘选
- He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence.
- 他只要一出场,观众就为之倾倒.
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