2immerse yourself in somethingATTENTIONto become completely involved in an activity 潜心于某事,专注于某事
He left school at 16 and immersed himself in the Labour Party.
他16岁离开学校投身工党。
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immerse yourself in something• For months, Atkinson immersed himself in a numbingvoid.• Blanche in turn was happy to immerse herself in country life for a few days and play endless games with her two nephews.• Jarrod completely immersed himself in his work.• In 1919 he went to Zurich, where he studied and worked in psychologicalclinics, immersing himself in psychological experimentation.• They did not have time to immerse themselves intechnicaldetail.• The student needs to immerse himself in the performance of a kata in order to release his emotions.• When she left I quickly immersed myself in the safer, less emotional facts and figures of a realestate deal.• We finished our drinks and Siegfried immersed himself in the VeterinaryRecord as savourysmells began to issue from the kitchen.
—immersedadjectiveadj
She was far too immersed in her studies.
她太专注于学业了。
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immerse• Cora J.. Rupp has spent her life immersed in art and wishes more of us would jump into the pool.• He was immersed in her words, lost in her ability to be straight.• We are immersed in making things.• Impossible to do immersed in society, but almost easy here.• One is immersed in the Spirit.• They visited pubs all over the country, immersing themselves in pub culture - playing darts and drinking with the lads.• A gurglingburnlooms before you and in its coolstreams you immerse your weary feet.
immerse somebody/something in something• If you immerse the mushrooms in water, they'll become soggy.
Originimmerse
(1600-1700)Latin past participle of immergere, from mergere; → MERGE