gravitate
/ˈgrævɪteɪt/verb
no obj., with adverbial
1- move towards or be attracted to a place, person, or thing向…移动; 被吸引到…:
young western Europeans will gravitate to Berlin.
西欧的年轻人将被吸引到柏林。
1.1
- Physics move, or tend to move, towards a centre of gravity or other attractive force【物理】受重力(或其他引力)作用而运动(或倾向于运动)。
1.2
- archaic descend or sink by the force of gravity〈古〉(受重力作用而)下降; 下沉。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin gravitat-, from the verb gravitare, from Latin gravitas 'weight'.