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单词 intrigue
释义
intrigue
verb[T]
uk
/ɪnˈtriːɡ/us
/ɪnˈtriːɡ/
tointerestsomeone a lot,especiallyby beingstrange,unusual, ormysterious:
（尤指因奇怪、不寻常或神秘而）使很感兴趣，迷住
Throughouthistory,peoplehave been intrigued by thequestionof whether there isintelligentlifeelsewherein theuniverse.纵观历史，人们一直被这样一个问题吸引着：宇宙的其他地方是否也存在着有智力的生物？
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making people excited and interested
  • absorbed
  • animate
  • besomeone'sbagidiom
  • bedazzle
  • breathe
  • breathe (new) life into sthidiom
  • engage
  • intoxicate
  • occupy
  • overexcite
  • overstimulate
  • overstimulating
  • stir
  • stretch
  • talksomethingup
  • tantalize
  • the Thames
  • thrill
  • titillate
  • whip
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intrigue
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈɪn.triːɡ/us
/ˈɪn.triːɡ/
(the making of) asecretplanto do something,especiallysomething that willharmanotherperson:
（尤指伤害他人的）密谋；阴谋，诡计
ataleofpoliticalintrigue政治阴谋的传闻
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Plotting & trapping
  • be in league withsomeoneidiom
  • cahoots
  • catchsomeoneout
  • chemtrail
  • chicanery
  • conspiracy theory
  • conspirator
  • conspire
  • entrap
  • entrapment
  • hatch
  • plot
  • plotter
  • pretextual
  • put-up job
  • scheme
  • setsomethingup
  • snare
  • sting
  • trap
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(Definition ofintriguefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

intrigue| American Dictionary

intrigue
verb[T]
us
/ɪnˈtriɡ/
tointerestsomeone, often because of anunusualorunexpectedquality:
I was intrigued by hisslow,deliberateway oftalkingand theseriouslookin hiseyes.

intriguing

adjectiveus
/ɪnˈtri·ɡɪŋ/
She has written an intriguingaccountofgrowingup on afarmas one of tenchildren.
intrigue
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈɪn·triɡ,ɪnˈtriɡ/
the making of asecretplanto do something,esp. something that willharmsomeone:
[U]In thattaleofpoliticalintrigue, hecombinedgreatdialoguewith aninterestingplotand asurpriseending.
(Definition ofintriguefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofintrigue

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Political ideology also plays a role in explaining abstention, and it is an intriguing one.
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Stimulated and intrigued, they learned to distrust old methods and to fear charges of despotism if they made legitimate use of their powers.
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How sodium channels become clustered at the node, what maintains this organization, and how they are reassembled after injury, are intriguing questions of fundamental importance.
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The one that intrigues him the most is manipulating the dimensionality of issue space.
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His course somehow intrigued me because it seemed less flaky than a lot of economics.
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Students of public opinion have long been intrigued by the concept of political tolerance.
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Perhaps they just find it intriguing to find that people speaking vary pitch, as if they were singing.
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Given that fact, the structural problem early theorists had with this response makes it intriguing regarding a comparative psychology of uncertainty monitoring.
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There is, for instance, intriguing evidence that seemingly tiny procedural differences can make a large difference to behavior.
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Relations between comprehension and production systems are of great interest in child language, and the potential links to adult processing systems are intriguing.
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She was puzzled and intrigued, because she had no idea what a phrasal verb might be.
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The implications are as obvious as they are intriguing.
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The unusual result of an increase in birth interval on either side of children ever suffering from kwashiorkor is intriguing.
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The formal connections between the two approaches are not obvious but would be intriguing to investigate.
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I was intrigued to be able to write a non-traditional research paper, one that allowed some subjectivity.
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