ravish
ravish — 動詞
1. to affect someone with such powerful happiness or emotional pleasure that they f
陶醉
被藝術、音樂或美景強烈感動而喜悅
to affect someone with such powerful happiness or emotional pleasure that they feel completely taken over — typically used of the effect of art, music, nature, or great beauty on a person
The audience sat in silence, ravished by the pianist's final movement.
聽眾靜坐無聲，被鋼琴家最後一個樂章深深陶醉。
ravished by + [work of art]
At sunset on the cliff, Mira felt ravished by the wild beauty of the coastline.
Mira 站在夕陽下的懸崖上，感覺自己被海岸的野性之美深深陶醉。
The gallery owner hoped the paintings would ravish every visitor with their bold colours.
畫廊主人希望這些畫作能以鮮豔的色彩令每位訪客陶醉。
Eshe's novel was so beautifully written that critics wrote of being ravished by her prose.
Eshe 的小說文筆極為優美，評論家寫道他們為她的文字所陶醉。
As the choir's voices rose through the old cathedral, the congregation sat ravished and still.
當合唱團的歌聲在古老教堂中升起時，會眾靜坐不動，深深陶醉。
- repel
to cause strong dislike or disgust — the opposite of being captivated by beauty
文法句型
ravish + noun phrase (the senses, the heart)
be ravished by + noun phrase (beauty, music, art)
用法筆記
This sense is now rare in everyday conversation and mainly appears in literary or formal writing. The passive form (be ravished by) is more common than the active voice.
常見錯誤
2. to make a person — especially a woman or a girl — take part in a sexual act by u
強姦
以暴力脅迫他人（多指女性）發生性行為
to make a person — especially a woman or a girl — take part in a sexual act by using force, without that person's agreement; an older word now mostly replaced by much more common 'rape'
The novel describes a time when soldiers would ravish women in conquered towns.
這部小說描寫了士兵們在攻佔的城鎮中強姦婦女的時代。
historical context: soldiers + ravish + women in wartime
In old legal documents, the word 'ravish' was used where courts now use 'rape'.
在舊的法律文件中，'ravish' 一詞被用在現代法院使用 'rape' 的地方。
legal register: 'ravish' replaced by 'rape' in modern usage
Historians have documented how invading armies often ravished local women as an act of terror.
歷史學家記錄了侵略軍隊如何常以強姦當地婦女作為恐怖統治的手段。
The archivist found an old court record that used 'ravished' to describe the assault.
檔案管理員發現了一份將 'ravished' 一詞用於描述強暴的古老法庭記錄。
- rape
the standard modern word; direct and widely used in law, news, and conversation
- violate
broader in meaning — can refer to any form of sexual assault or even non-sexual invasion of a person's rights or dignity
- assault
the broadest of the three; covers any physical attack, and in legal English 'sexual assault' specifies the nature of the crime
文法句型
ravish + noun phrase (a woman, a girl)
be ravished by + noun phrase (an attacker, a soldier)
用法筆記
This sense is now most commonly expressed with the word 'rape'. 'Ravish' sounds old-fashioned or formal and is rarely used in modern news reporting or legal contexts. The passive form (be ravished by [attacker]) is typical in historical descriptions.