captivated
past simple and past participle ofcaptivate
| 单词 | captivated |
| 释义 | captivated past simple and past participle ofcaptivate captivate verb[T] uk/ˈkæp.tɪ.veɪt/us/ˈkæp.tə.veɪt/toholdtheattentionof someone by beingextremelyinteresting,exciting,pleasant, orattractive: With herbeautyandcharm, she captivatedfilmaudienceseverywhere. Synonyms beguileliterary bewitch capture charm enchant entranceliterary fascinate Attracting and tempting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making people excited and interested Examplesofcaptivatedcaptivated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. All of us arecaptivatedby media representations of scenes we would never look at twice in real life. From theCambridge English Corpus He would capture the heart of the young woman who hascaptivatedhis own. From theCambridge English Corpus While she may well have beencaptivatedby his views, a critical attitude would have been more revealing. From theCambridge English Corpus I was totallycaptivatedwith the hypothesis that there was some built-in syllabus or innate language acquisition device that would account for the common features of learners' interlanguage. From theCambridge English Corpus Having no previous close professional or personal interest in the subject, he becamecaptivatedby the question of secrecy and openness in adoption, which became the theme of the book. From theCambridge English Corpus Creatures that can conceptualize alternative paths for fulfilling desires, have brain processes that can intend to act much more than organisms thoroughlycaptivatedby their affectively rich intentions in action. From theCambridge English Corpus Curious andcaptivatedby the knowledge of the ' 'whiteman' ', the parents sent their children to school. From theCambridge English Corpus The early decades of the nineteenth century werecaptivatedby phrenology that purported to be a 'science' of character as interpreted through the shape and size of the skull. From theCambridge English Corpus I can still recall the collective gasp of horror, as well as the outbursts of laughter, that the story's denouement elicited from acaptivatedcompany of listeners. From theCambridge English Corpus He may have been the one who wascaptivatedby the figure 72. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am afraid that, as a general rule, we are bored with other people's speeches andcaptivatedwith our own. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He made one statement thatcaptivatedmy attention when he said that these circumstances are more of challenge than of crisis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We werecaptivatedas layer after layer, like an onion, was peeled away from one financial perk after another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There he was socaptivatedby the paintings that he started taking an interest in art, culture and history. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I watched it and wascaptivatedobserving the finer points of his delivery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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