The singularity of this account insensibly engaged my attention.

这个故事的独特之处不知不觉地引起了我的注意。

But there was a chance in the evening if I could only be sure that his attention was engaged.

但晚上有机会， 如果我只能确定他的注意力正在集中。

The looks and behaviour of every body they had seen were discussed, except of the person who had mostly engaged their attention.

凡是她们所看到的人，她们都拿来一个个评头论足，又一一谈到各人的神情举止，只可惜她们特别留意的那个人却没有谈到。

Gradually it ceased to be the topic of conversation: Other adventures arose whose novelty engaged universal attention; and Ambrosio was soon forgotten as totally, as if He never had existed.

渐渐地，它不再是谈话的话题：出现了其他冒险活动，其新颖性引起了普遍关注；安布罗西奥很快就被完全遗忘了，就好像他从未存在过一样。

During the short time that she had engaged Mouret's attention Clara had profited by the caprice to neglect her work, being of a wonderfully idle, gossiping nature unfitted for any responsible duty.

在她引起穆雷注意的那段时间里， 克拉拉因反复无常而忽略了她的工作， 因为她天性闲散、爱八卦， 不适合承担任何责任。

A puppy fawns upon its dam, and a spaniel endeavours, by a thousand attractions, to engage the attention of its master who is at dinner, when it wants to be fed by him.

一只小狗向它的母巴讨好， 一只西班牙猎狗想通过一千种吸引来吸引正在吃晚饭的主人的注意， 当它想被主人喂食时。

The strange man, after glancing at Joe, and seeing that his attention was otherwise engaged, nodded to me again when I had taken my seat, and then rubbed his leg—in a very odd way, as it struck me.

奇怪的人，看了一眼乔，看到他的注意力是否则参与，再次点头给我，当我采取了我的座位，然后揉他的腿在一个非常奇怪的方式，因为它击中了我。

A small purple despatch-case, with a key in the lock, on the writing-table, engaged his attention for some time. He took out the key from the lock, and passed it to me to inspect. I saw nothing peculiar, however.

写字台上一个紫色的小公文包，锁上插着一把钥匙，吸引了他一段时间的注意。他从锁中取出钥匙，递给我检查。然而，我没有看到任何异常。