喜樂美語
  1. 1aB1/ˈtʃɑːrmɪŋ/ · /ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ/迷人的；討喜的

    Very pleasant and attractive: a charming person is friendly and polite in a way that makes people like them, and a charming place or thing is pretty and enjoyable to be in or to look at.

    示範例句 · Example

    The new librarian is so charming that all the students want to talk to her.

    逐字新來的圖書館員如此迷人，以至於所有的學生都想跟她說話。

    charming 是「讓人喜歡上」的形容詞：可以說人（friendly 又有禮貌，讓人想親近），也可以說地方或東西（小巧有味道，待在裡面心情會變好）。它跟 beautiful、handsome 不一樣——那兩個講的是外表好不好看，charming 講的是「跟他相處、待在那裡很舒服」，所以一家小咖啡店、一個笑容、一封信都可以是 charming。charming 的畫面可以想成「像被下了一點小魔法，不知不覺就喜歡上了」——charm 本來就有「咒語、魔力」的意思。

    常見搭配

    • a charming smile

      迷人的微笑

      a smile that makes people like you

      Aisha thanked the driver with a charming smile.

    • very charming

      非常討人喜歡

      extremely pleasant and easy to like

      Sam's grandfather is very charming, and the neighbours all visit him.

    • a charming little village

      迷人的小村莊

      a small pretty place that people enjoy visiting

      They spent the afternoon in a charming little village by the sea.

    • absolutely charming

      非常迷人

      completely delightful

      The old train station is absolutely charming.

    • find someone charming

      覺得某人很討喜

      to think that someone is pleasant and easy to like

      Everyone at the party found her charming.

core核心畫面

You can picture charming as something that quietly wins you over: you meet the person, or turn into the little street, and before you have decided anything you already like it. With people it is warmth plus good manners — they make you feel easy. With a place or a thing it is small, pretty, and pleasant to be in. Either way the pull is gentle, not loud.

可以想成：charming 是「還沒來得及判斷，就已經喜歡上了」的那種吸引力。用在人身上，是熱情加上有禮貌——他跟你講話時你整個人放鬆下來，覺得舒服；用在地方或東西上，是那種小小的、漂亮的、待著很愉快的感覺，像轉進一條老街，第一眼就想留下來走走。共同點是這股吸引力很輕、很自然，不是靠張揚或用力表現來的。

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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

charmingadj/ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/

  • 1

    Pleasant, charismatic.

    • "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."
    • In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.
  • 2

    Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.

charmingnoun/ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/

  • 1

    The casting of a magical charm.

    • They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings, / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.

charmingintj/ˈtʃɑː(ɹ).mɪŋ/

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    Used in response to behaviour or language considered offensive or uncouth.

    • The other murderer is sadistically hacked to pieces, while the proceedings are being videoed – and the DVD is sent to Nick's home so that his daughter can see it. Oh, charming.

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