arresting

• adj. 醒目的，有趣的；引人注意的
• v. 逮捕（arrest的ing形式）

arrest,逮捕，-ing,形容詞後綴。引申比喻義吸引人的。

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.).

1. The most arresting feature is the painted wall decoration.

最醒目的特點是繪有圖畫的牆麵裝飾。

來自柯林斯例句

2. By arresting the organisation's two top leaders the government and the army have now raised the stakes.

逮捕了該組織的兩名主要頭目後，政府和軍隊現在麵臨的風險更大了。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The tone of his voice is so arresting that everyone listened attentively.

他的語調十分引人注意，大家都聚精會神地聽著。

來自辭典例句

4. When the houses were finished, they were effective and arresting.

房屋建造完成後顯得精巧而壯觀.

來自辭典例句

5. There was evidently some object which was arresting the passengers and forming them into a knot.

顯然有什麽東西吸引住了過路的人,使他們在那裏圍成了一團.

來自辭典例句