fascinate
fascinate — 動詞
1. to make someone extremely interested in something, so that they want to keep wat
著迷；吸引
強烈引起興趣或好奇
to make someone extremely interested in something, so that they want to keep watching, listening, or learning more about it — for example, a child fascinated by how ants build tunnels, or a visitor fascinated by the history of an old building.
Hao became fascinated by the way Japanese tea ceremonies blend ritual with everyday life.
Hao 對日本茶道如何將儀式融入日常生活深深著迷。
passive: be fascinated by [activity]
The documentary about deep-sea creatures fascinated Christopher so much that he watched it twice.
那部關於深海生物的紀錄片讓 Christopher 著迷到看了兩遍。
active: [thing] fascinates [person]
Young children are often fascinated by anything that moves quickly or makes a loud noise.
小孩子常常對快速移動或發出巨大聲響的東西感到著迷。
What fascinated Greta most was how the potter shaped clay without using any machines.
最讓 Greta 著迷的是老陶匠如何徒手捏陶，完全不靠機器。
Tamar is fascinated by old maps and spends hours studying the trade routes on them.
Tamar 對古老地圖深深著迷，常常花好幾個小時研究上頭的貿易路線。
- bore
to make someone lose interest completely
文法句型
fascinate + person
be fascinated + by/with + noun phrase
what fascinates + person + is …
用法筆記
The adjective forms 'fascinated' (for people experiencing the feeling) and 'fascinating' (for things causing the feeling) are more common in everyday conversation than the bare verb 'fascinate'. For example, 'I was fascinated by her story' is far more natural than 'Her story fascinated me', though both are grammatically correct.
常見錯誤
2. to hold someone's complete attention so powerfully that they stop moving or spea
懾住；出神
使人驚呆無法動彈
to hold someone's complete attention so powerfully that they stop moving or speaking, as if they have lost control of their body — for example, a crowd frozen in place while watching a tightrope walker, or a child unable to look away from a street performer.
The audience sat fascinated as the tightrope walker took each slow step across the wire.
觀眾坐在座位上目不轉睛地看著走鋼索的人一步步緩慢走過繩索。
sat fascinated: static posture during intense attention
Minho was so fascinated by the dancer's spinning movements that he forgot to blink.
Minho 被舞者旋轉的動作懾住了，連眨眼都忘了。
Darius stood motionless, fascinated by a pack of wolves at the edge of the firelight.
Darius 一動也不動地站著，被火光邊際的一群狼懾住了。
Something about the old storyteller's deep voice fascinated the children into complete silence.
老說書人低沉的嗓音讓孩子們完全安靜了下來，彷彿被定住了一般。
文法句型
be fascinated + by + noun phrase
stand / sit / remain + fascinated
fascinate + person + into + result noun
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (INTEREST GREATLY): sense 2 describes a stronger, more physical reaction — the person is so absorbed that normal body movements (blinking, shifting position, speaking) stop. This sense is more common in literary, descriptive, or dramatic writing than in everyday speech.