absorb all the attention or interest of
使全神贯注,使专心
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the notes totally engrossed him .那些笔记完全吸引了他的注意力。
〈古〉 独占,垄断
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the country had made the best of its position to engross trade .那个国家充分利用其地理位置的优势垄断了贸易。[ORIGIN: from Old French <Italic>en gros</Italic>, from medieval Latin <Italic>in grosso</Italic> ‘wholesale’.]
【律】 正式写成(法律文件)。[ORIGIN: from Anglo-Norman French <Italic>engrosser</Italic>, medieval Latin <Italic>ingrossare</Italic> (from Old French <Italic>grosse</Italic>, medieval Latin <Italic>grossa</Italic> ‘large writing’).]
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