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    To be pulled toward something — not always by a hand, often by interest, habit, or comfort — and so move that way or get involved with it.

    To be pulled toward something被拉向某個東西—— not always by a hand不一定是被手拉, often by interest, habit, or comfort常常是被興趣、習慣或舒適感拉過去—— and so move that way or get involved with it因而朝那個方向移動、或跟它牽扯在一起。

    At a party, shy people gravitate towards the kitchen. Teenagers gravitate to whatever their friends like.

    At a party在派對上, shy people gravitate towards the kitchen害羞的人會不自覺地往廚房靠過去。 Teenagers gravitate to whatever their friends like青少年會很自然地被朋友喜歡的東西吸引過去。

    The picture is the same as a planet being pulled, but in everyday English this verb is almost always this looser, human sense. You gravitate to a person, a place, a kind of work.

    The picture is the same as a planet being pulled這個畫面跟行星被引力拉住是一樣的, but in everyday English this verb is almost always this looser, human sense但在日常英語裡,這個動詞幾乎都是用這種比較鬆散、講人的意思。 You gravitate to a person, a place, a kind of work你會gravitate to一個人、一個地方,或一種工作。

    Though actually, science can still use it for real movement under gravity, but will meet the ‘be drawn to’ meaning far more. It is a little formal; kids more often say hang around or just go to.

    Though actually不過事實上, science can still use it for real movement under gravity科學上還是可以用這個字講真正因重力而產生的移動, but learners will meet the 'be drawn to' meaning far more但學習者更常遇到的是「被吸引過去」這個意思。 It is a little formal這個字有點正式; kids more often say hang around or just go to小孩更常說hang around,或乾脆說go to。

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組成Borrowed from New Latin gravitāt-, the stem of gravitō, a verb built on the Latin idea of weight. Surface English: same family as gravity, then a verb ending.

同家族的字

  • gravitythe pull; gravitate is ‘to move as if that pull is at work’
  • gravitationthe noun for the force, from the same stem
  • gravitationalthe adjective: a gravitational pull
  • gravitassame Latin ‘weight’ family, but about serious manner, not movement

原始詞典資料2 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。

gravitateverb/ˈɡɹævɪteɪt/

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    astrophysicsTo move under the force of gravity.

    • Theſe, who have nature's ſteps with care purſued, That matter is with active force endued, That all its parts magnetic power exert, And to each other gravitate, aſſert.
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    To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.

    • Children naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man.
    • The guests slowly gravitated to the kitchen.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。