gravitate

英 ['ɡrævɪteɪt] 美 ['ɡrævɪteɪt]

• v. 受吸引；下沉；重力吸引，受重力作用；移动，移向

英英释义

Verb:

1. move toward;

   "The conversation gravitated towards politics"
   

2. be attracted to;

   "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"
   

3. move due to the pull of gravitation;

   "The stars gravitate towards each other"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. When this beautiful girl arrived, all the men in the room gravitated towards her.
   这美貌的姑娘一到，全屋的男人都让她吸引住了。
2. In summer people gravitate to the seaside.
   夏天的海边吸引人们。
3. The planets gravitate to (towards) the sun.
   行星绕着太阳运行。

经典引文

• Systems of bodies which gravitate round a central body.

  出自： J. N. Lockyer

• That natural law of physics which causes lesser bodies to gravitate towards the greater.

  出自： T. Hardy

近反义词

【近义词】

• incline 倾斜
• lean 倾斜
• tend 趋向
• move 移动
• drift 漂流
• sink 下沉
• settle 解决
• drop 落下
• fall 落下
• descend 下降
• head 头部
• move toward 迈向
• toward 向