fascinate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fas·ci·nate /ˈfæsəneɪt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]  INTERESTEDif someone or something fascinates you, you are attracted to them and think they are extremely interesting 深深吸引，迷住5 The idea of travelling through time fascinates me.穿越时光的想法深深吸引着我。n The idea of travelling through time fascinated him.n GRAMMAR: Using the progressive• The verb fascinate is not used in the progressive. You say: Dolphins fascinate me. ✗Don’t say: Dolphins are fascinating me.• Fascinating is used as an adjective: a fascinating subject→ See Verb table

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fascinate• This is fascinating and important stuff.• Parsons, playing Miss Margarida, entertains, seduces, and fascinates.• All will carry a message of peace in 25 languages, and it should be fascinating to see who finds them.• Baseball still fascinates Americans.• I have always been fascinated by Magritte's work.• Even Sonya had a different aspect for me ever since I became fascinated by that book.• Since his student days in Venice, when he went to seances, he had been fascinated by the occult.• Anything to do with computers fascinates him.• What fascinates me about his poems is their apparent simplicity.• Cats fascinate me - I don't know why.Origin fascinate (1500-1600) Latin fascinatus, from fascinum “use of (evil) magic”

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fascinate
fas‧ci‧nate /ˈfæsəneɪt, ˈfæsɪneɪt/ verb [transitive not in progressive]if someone or something fascinates you, you are attracted to them and think they are extremely interesting:
    The idea of travelling through time fascinates me.

fas·cin·ateBrE /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they fascinate BrE /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it fascinates BrE /ˈfæsɪneɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfæsɪneɪts/ 🔊past simple fascinated BrE /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle fascinated BrE /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form fascinating BrE /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sb) to attract or interest sb very much 深深吸引；迷住◆China has always fascinated me. 中国一直令我心驰神往。🔊🔊◆It was a question that had fascinated him since he was a boy. 这是他自幼就着迷的问题。🔊🔊◆The private lives of movie stars never fail to fascinate. 电影明星的私生活总让人津津乐道。🔊🔊

• These are the comparative and superlative forms of far. 以上为 far 的比较级和最高级形式。
• To talk about distance, use either farther, farthest or further, furthest. In BrE, further, furthest are the most common forms and in NAmE, further and farthest. 表示距离既可用 farther、farthest，也可用 further、furthest。英式英语最常用 further、furthest，美式英语最常用 further、farthest：◆I have to travel further/farther to work now. 现在我得走更远的路去上班。
• To talk about the degree or extent of something, further/furthest are usually preferred. 表示事物的程度或幅度通常宜用 further/furthest：◆Let's consider this point further. 让我们更深入地考虑这一点。
• Further, but not farther, can also mean 'more' or 'additional'. * further 亦可表示更加或进一步，farther 则无此意：◆Are there any further questions? 还有什么问题吗？This sounds very formal in NAmE. 这在美式英语中是很正式的用法。