But this is to be understood, of business that is laid upon men, and not such, as they call unto themselves. For nothing increaseth envy more, than an unnecessary and ambitious engrossing of business

不过人们能体谅的是那种依命行事的辛劳，而不是那种没事找事的忙碌，因为最让人妒上加妒的事就是那种毫无必要且野心勃勃的事必躬亲

Edicts were issued against engrossing the market.

当时颁布过若干禁止囤积居奇的法令。

It might soon have ripened into that engrossing feeling

很快便会发展成那种压倒一切的感情的。

an engrossing task [story]

迷人的工作 [故事]

What had been the engrossing world had dissolved into an uninteresting outer dumb-show.

那曾经趣味横生的世界，现在却已经变成兴味索然的哑剧。

Owing to this all-engrossing business, Jia Zheng had stopped asking Baoyu about his studies and the boy was having an easy time.

且说宝玉近因家中有这等大事,贾政不来问他的书,心中是件畅事

He told us an engrossing story.

他给我们讲了一个引人入胜的故事。

They both thought of me, even at that engrossing time

他们俩在那种黯然消魂的时刻还对我念念不忘。

engrossing himself in the Theory and Practice of Intelligence, he crossed from the periphery into the real world of espionage

他全力倾注于对情报理论的研究和实践，从谍报世界的外部跨进到了它的内层。

Business was engrossing him so

他这么热中于做生意。

listened to an engrossing symphony.

听一首引人入胜的交响乐

I sat, a model of patience, trying to attract his absorbed attention from its engrossing speculation

我坐着，象一个有耐心的模范似的，想把他那全神贯注的注意力从它那一心一意的冥想中牵引出来。

The act of engrossing or the state of being engrossed.

正式誊写的行为或状态

||1: Vincent Van Gogh seemed made for a bittersweet Hollywood biopic. ||2: The dazzling colours and dashing brushstrokes of his sunflowers, cornfields and cypress trees are among the most familiar and loved works in the history of art, fetching record-breaking sums in auction rooms. ||3: The inevitable biopic was called “Lust for Life”. But as an enormous and engrossing new biography shows, van Gogh’s lust for conflict was strongest of all.

||1:梵高仿佛就是为一部五味杂陈的好莱坞传记影片而生。||2:他画笔下的向日葵，麦田和柏树名垂艺术史，以其绚烂的色彩和有力的笔触被人们熟知与欣赏，并在拍卖会上连创拍卖纪录。||3:显然，这部传记名字本应为“生活的渴望”，但随着一本关于梵高生命的引人入胜，鸿篇巨制自传的上市，原来梵高对矛盾的渴望才是最强烈的。

||1: The best chapters are those in which Mr Mullan relates a theme in the novels to social history—moments that modern readers might otherwise miss. ||2: Thus, Austen never features or gives voice to the lower classes and servants. ||3: Readers might not see them, but by observing the dialogue and other characters’ manners it is clear that they are there. ||4: Contemporary readers, though, would be familiar with servants being present, and would sympathise, for example, with Elizabeth Bennet’s frustration at her mother gossiping in front of them in “Pride and Prejudice”. ||5: Playing games is also significant. ||6: Modern-day readers may not intuit the set-up of card tables, but they are a useful trick for Austen to push characters together and manoeuvre others away (all in the name of courtship). ||7: She also passes subtle judgments on the common practice of gambling. ||8: The chapter on money is revealing, since wealth and inheritance were inextricably tied to social standing and the all-engrossing business of getting married.

||1:穆兰将小说的主题同社会历史联系起来的章节，是本书最精彩的部分，否则现在的读者很有可能忽略掉那些历史时刻。||2:因此，奥斯汀从未特意描写过下层社会和仆人，亦或是让他们有只言片语。||3:读者或许看不到他们，但是通过注意其他角色的对话及举止，能很明显的感觉到这些人是存在书中的。||4:然而，和作者处在同一时期的读者对在场的仆人就十分熟知了，因而书中的细节会引起读者的共鸣，例如《傲慢与偏见》当中，伊莉莎白班内特很懊丧的发现他妈妈在他们面前闲聊，便会成功的使读者的同情心泛滥。||5:玩游戏也是非常重要的。||6:如今的读者或许不能凭直觉发现牌桌建立的意义，但这却是奥斯汀将重要角色集中并且巧妙支开（所有的都是以爱之名义）其他人的一个好窍门。||7:她同样能精确地辨别出赌博的惯例。||8:因为财富和遗产往往跟社会地位以及结婚交易密不可分，所以书中跟财富有关的的章节能给人以启迪。

Alexander MacLeod does not. His brilliant debut collection, “Light Lifting”, is engrossing , thrilling and ultimately satisfying; each story has the weight of a novel. The young Canadian writer is already winning plaudits in his own country. He can expect acclaim far beyond.

而亚历山大·麦克劳德却不。 他的新诗集《轻量级举重》，引人入胜，惊心动魄，读者能从中获得满足。每一篇故事都是重量级的小说。这位年轻的加拿大作家已在他的家乡赢得满堂喝彩。他有望在千里之外赢得掌声。

Aside from bolstering future research, McShea said the database is an engrossing way to learn about animals in their natural environments.

除了可以促进将来的研究，McShea说这些资料可以提供一个引人入胜的了机会让人们了解动物在自然环境中的状态。

Reasons and countermeasures on expropriating and engrossing forestland by means of disobeying laws

略谈违法征占用林地行为产生的原因及其对策

The problem now engrossing the labour of European diplomacy is essentially the problem of the general equilibrium of Europe.

欧洲局势均衡这一问题吸引了欧洲外交界的所有注意力。

But as an enormous and engrossing new biography shows, van Gogh’s lust for conflict was strongest of all.

然而一部引人入胜的新传记表明，梵高对冲突的渴望最为强烈。

THE practice of medicine is a way of living: vivid and engrossing , it stimulates senses physical and metaphysical.

医疗行业是这样一种生活：光鲜靓丽、颇有吸引力，从精神和物质上都刺激着我们的神经。

Inhofe’s attacks on climate change science have been so engrossing that until recently I was unaware of his influence in Uganda.

英霍夫对于气候变化科学的攻击时如此的不遗余力，直到最近我才知道他在乌干达的影响力。

While the album is fairly stunning, fortitude isn’t the type of characteristic that typically proves to be engrossing .

这张专辑如此美妙，坚忍已不是它引人入胜的经典风格的代表。

engrossing syrup

滚糖球用糖浆

engrossing competition

垄断性竞争