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单词 arresting
例句 arrestingadjective

holding the attention or provoking interestan arresting film about tribal traditions in Africa

absorbing, consuming, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, gripping, immersing, interesting, intriguing, involving, riveting

breathtaking, electric, electrifying, exciting, exhilarating, galvanizing, inspiring, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrillingprovocative, tantalizingemphatic, showy, splashy, strikingalluring, attractive, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, spellbindinghypnotizing, mesmerizingcurious, odd, unusual, weirdamazing, astonishing, astounding, eventful, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous(or marvellous), surprising, wonderful, wondrousamusing, entertaining

boring, drab, dry, dull, heavy, monotonous, tedious, uninteresting

operose, tiresome, tiring, wearisome, wearyingsterile, unexcitingdreary, humdrum, pedantic, pedestriandemoralizing, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting

likely to attract attentionat seven feet tall, he's an arresting figure in any crowd

bodacious, bold, brilliant, catchy, commanding, conspicuous, dramatic, emphatic, eye-catching, flamboyant, grabby, kenspeckle(chiefly Scottish), marked, noisy, noticeable, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, showy, splashy, striking

detectable, discernible(also discernable), observable, perceptible, recognizable, visibleoutstanding, salientdistinguished, eminent, impressive, notable, noteworthyhighlighted, spotlightedflagrant, glaring, howling, screamingflashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, jazzy, loud, meretricious, swank(or swanky), tawdryhighfalutin(also hifalutin), ostentatious, pretentiousextravagant, fancy, florid, glittery, spectacularopulent, ornate, overdone, overwroughtabsorbing, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, interesting, riveting

inconspicuous, unemphatic, unflamboyant, unnoticeable, unobtrusive, unremarkable, unshowy

subtleconcealed, hidden, shroudeddim, faint, obscureinsignificant, undistinguished, unimportantmodest, unaffected, unassuming, unpretentiousconservative, plain, quiet, simple, understatedmuted, restrained, subdued, subtle, toned-down, unflashy

arrestingverbpresent participle of arrest

to take or keep under one's control by authority of lawthe inept robber was promptly arrested by the off-duty policeman he had tried to hold up

apprehending, busting(slang), collaring, nabbing, nailing, nicking(British slang), picking up, pinching, pulling in, restraining, running in, seizing

bagging, capturing, catching, getting, grabbing, grappling, hooking, landing, snapping (up), snaring, snatching, trappingcommitting, confining, detaining, holding, immuring, imprisoning, incarcerating, interning, jailing, jugging, locking (up)binding, enchaining, fettering, handcuffing, manacling, shackling, trammeling(or trammelling)rearrestingremanding

discharging

emancipating, freeing, liberating, loosening, loosing, releasing, springingunbinding, unchaining

to bring (something) to a standstillcryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion

bringing up, catching, checking, drawing up, fetching up, halting, holding up, pulling up, stalling, staying, stilling, stopping

baffling, balking, blockading, blocking, bottlenecking, clogging, damming, detaining, hindering, holding, holding back, impeding, obstructing, snagging, stemmingconcluding, cutting off, ending, terminatingcalling, discontinuing, suspendingchoking off, reining (in), repressing, squashing, squelching, stanching(or staunching), stunting, suppressing, turning back

carrying on, continuing, following through (with), keeping (on), keeping up, persisting, running onadvancing, faring, going along, marching, moving, proceeding, progressing, wendingactuating, budging, driving, goading, impelling, propelling, pushing, spurring, stirring

to hold the attention of as if by a spellthe sight of the daredevil walking a tightrope between high-rises arrested area pedestrians and motorists alike

bedazzling, catching up, enchanting, enthralling, fascinating, gripping, hypnotizing, mesmerizing, spellbinding

enrapturing, entrancing, thrillingbeguiling, bewitching, charmingabsorbing, engaging, engrossing, involving

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