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arresting

英式英标[ə\'rɛstɪŋ]
美式音标[ə\'restɪŋ]

adj. 醒目的，有趣的；引人注意的

v. 逮捕（arrest的ing形式）

中文词源

arresting 吸引人的

arrest,逮捕，-ing,形容词后缀。引申比喻义吸引人的。

英文词源

arresting (n.): early 15c., "action of stopping" someone or something, verbal noun from arrest (v.).
arresting (adj.): "striking, that captures the imagination," 1792, present participle adjective from arrest (v.).

实用例句

1. The most arresting feature is the painted wall decoration.: 最醒目的特点是绘有图画的墙面装饰。

2. By arresting the organisation's two top leaders the government and the army have now raised the stakes.: 逮捕了该组织的两名主要头目后，政府和军队现在面临的风险更大了。

3. The tone of his voice is so arresting that everyone listened attentively.: 他的语调十分引人注意，大家都聚精会神地听着。

4. When the houses were finished, they were effective and arresting.: 房屋建造完成后显得精巧而壮观.

5. There was evidently some object which was arresting the passengers and forming them into a knot.: 显然有什么东西吸引住了过路的人,使他们在那里围成了一团.

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