| |
|
| NOUN |
| |
|
| /tʃɑːm/ |
|
| |
| 1 | U a personal quality that attracts people to you and makes them like you 魅力；魔力 |
| Even journalists succumbed to Roosevelt’ s easy charm. 连记者都为罗斯福那轻松自如的魅力所折服。 |
| great/considerable/immense charm She is a woman of great personal charm. 她是个魅力十足的女人。 |
| turn on the charm (=use it to influence someone or achieve something) They were reluctant to let us in until Sue turned on the charm. 施展魅力 |
| | 1a | plural pleasant or attractive qualities or features 宜人的特点；吸引人之处 | | Visitors are delighted by the village’ s more rustic charms. 游客对村子里的乡土气息欣喜不已。 | | The place held no charms for me – it was bare and isolated. 那地方对我没有什么吸引力：光秃秃的，而且很偏僻。 | |
| | 1b | U the quality of being pleasant or attractive 迷人的特性；魅力 | | The building has been modernized but retains its traditional charm. 这座建筑已经被现代化了，但仍保留了传统的魅力。 | | a classic children’ s tale that has lost none of its charm 一个经久不衰的经典童话 | |
| |
| 2 | C something that people believe brings them luck 护身符 |
| a good-luck charm 带来好运的护身符 |
| | 2a | a small object worn on a piece of jewellery （嵌在首饰上的）小饰物 | | a gold charm 金坠子 | | a charm bracelet 带坠子的手镯 | |
| |
| 3 | C something believed to have magic power , especially a magic phrase （尤指）咒语，符咒 |
| | 3a | to be very effective 十分奏效；效果很好 | |
|