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/ˈtʃɑːrmɪŋ/ · /ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ/
Very pleasant and attractive: a charming person is friendly and polite in a way that makes people like them, and a charming place or thing is pretty and enjoyable to be in or to look at.
迷人的；討喜的
比較級 more charming最高級 most charming
核心畫面
You can picture charming as something that quietly wins you over: you meet the person, or turn into the little street, and before you have decided anything you already like it. With people it is warmth plus good manners — they make you feel easy. With a place or a thing it is small, pretty, and pleasant to be in. Either way the pull is gentle, not loud.
可以想成：charming 是「還沒來得及判斷，就已經喜歡上了」的那種吸引力。用在人身上，是熱情加上有禮貌——他跟你…更多收起
可以想成：charming 是「還沒來得及判斷，就已經喜歡上了」的那種吸引力。用在人身上，是熱情加上有禮貌——他跟你講話時你整個人放鬆下來，覺得舒服；用在地方或東西上，是那種小小的、漂亮的、待著很愉快的感覺，像轉進一條老街，第一眼就想留下來走走。共同點是這股吸引力很輕、很自然，不是靠張揚或用力表現來的。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
charmingadj/ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/
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Pleasant, charismatic.
- "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."
- In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.
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Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.
charmingnoun/ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/
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The casting of a magical charm.
- They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings, / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.
charmingintj/ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/
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Used in response to behaviour or language considered offensive or uncouth.
- The other murderer is sadistically hacked to pieces, while the proceedings are being videoed – and the DVD is sent to Nick's home so that his daughter can see it. Oh, charming.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。