An engrossing story, film, book, or talk is one that holds you so tightly you forget to look up. We use this word to praise the thing itself: the plot is engrossing; the lecture was engrossing. It is the partner of engrossed — the film is engrossing; you are engrossed in it.

An engrossing story, film, book, or talkengrossing 的故事、電影、書，或演講 is one that holds you so tightly you forget to look up是那種緊緊抓住你、讓你忘了抬頭的東西. We use this word to praise the thing itself我們用這個字來稱讚事物本身: the plot is engrossing像是 the plot is engrossing（劇情很吸引人）; the lecture was engrossing或 the lecture was engrossing（那場演講很吸引人）. It它 is the partner of engrossed跟 engrossed 是一對搭檔 — the film is engrossing像 the film is engrossing（電影很吸引人）; you are engrossed in it而 you are engrossed in it（你被它深深吸引）.

Reviews and school writing like it, because it says more than interesting: interesting can be polite and weak; engrossing says you were taken. It is a compliment, never an insult.

Reviews and school writing like it影評和學校作文喜歡用這個字, because it says more than interesting因為它比 interesting 更有力: interesting can be polite and weakinteresting 可能只是禮貌又軟弱的說法; engrossing says you were takenengrossing 則是在說你真的被吸引住了. It這 is a compliment, never an insult永遠是一種稱讚絕不是罵人的話.

It has nothing to do with gross meaning “yuck,” and nothing to do with a film “grossing” money at the box office, though the spelling can trick you.

It它 has nothing to do with gross meaning "yuck"跟表示「噁心」的 gross 沒有關係, and nothing to do with a film "grossing" money at the box office也跟電影在票房「grossing（賺進）」多少錢沒有關係, though the spelling can trick you雖然拼法可能會讓你搞混.