- 1被吸引而靠近；自然往……靠攏
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. At a party, shy people gravitate towards the kitchen. Teenagers gravitate to whatever their friends like. 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. 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.
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，摘錄並精簡格式，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/
- 1
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.
- 2
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.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。