As they turned a corner the flames chased them as though they were alive, sentient, intent upon killing them.

当他们转过一个弯后，那火仍然追赶着他们，就好象它是活着的，有感知力，一门心思地想要杀死他们。

He seemed swimming with his utmost velocity, and now only intent upon pursuing his own straight path in the sea.

白鲸似乎以最快的速度游动，现在只想专心致志地径直赶路。

But the Commissary was now intent upon dinner.

但是小卖部现在专心吃晚饭了。

She seemed intent upon what I was saying.

她似乎专心听我说的话。

'What were you so intent upon in me'? he inquired.

'你对我如此执着'？他问。

Intent upon her work, she didn’t notice the cold.

【intent】她专注于工作，忘记了寒冷。

But everybody was talking, and intent upon the grisly spectacle before them.

但每个人都在说话，全神贯注于他们面前的可怕景象。

The grocer, intent upon his newspaper, might have passed them, if his horse had not shied and snorted.

如果他的马没有回避和喷鼻息， 杂货商专心看他的报纸， 可能已经超过他们了。

He is intent upon various new expenses, —horses, and carriages, and lavish appearances of all kinds.

他热衷于各种新的开支——马匹、马车和各种奢华的外表。

The visitor, intent upon his greetings, had not noticed even that there was an animal in the room.

来访者全神贯注于他的问候， 甚至没有注意到房间里有一只动物。

Gomez, the leader of the revolt, intent upon provoking American interference, laid waste the land with fire and sword.

叛乱的领袖戈麦斯一心挑起美国的干涉，用火和剑把这片土地夷为平地。

Carelessly at first; but, lighting on a passage which attracted his attention, he soon became intent upon the volume.

一开始不小心；但是，他点亮了一段引起他注意的地方，很快就全神贯注于这本书。

Unconscious respect, probably, for he seemed intent upon his own thoughts, and, like the Gladiator's, they were far away.

可能是无意识的尊重， 因为他似乎专心致志地想着自己的想法， 而且，就像角斗士的想法一样， 它们离得很远。

Fagin walked towards his home, intent upon the thoughts that were working within his brain.

费金朝他家走去， 全神贯注于脑海中的思绪。

'If she lasts a couple of hours, I shall be surprised, ' said the apothecary's apprentice, intent upon the toothpick's point.

“如果她能持续几个小时，我会感到惊讶，”药剂师的学徒说道，专心致志地盯着牙签的尖端。

" Had you not been so intent upon the lion behind you you might have discovered the lioness much sooner than you did" .

“如果你不是那么专注于你身后的狮子，你可能会比你更快地发现母狮”。

Though they were intent upon their work, he could hardly suppose that they would not notice if the door of an empty office opened in front of them.

尽管他们专注于自己的工作，他也不敢保证假如面前的一间空办公室的门开了，他们不会注意到。

He made a fresh effort; and it was evident that, in the midst of his torpor, his whole being was intent upon returning to life.

他做出了新的努力；很明显，在他昏昏欲睡的过程中，他整个人都在努力恢复活力。

One beautiful evening, when the first shades of twilight were beginning to settle upon the earth, Oliver sat at this window, intent upon his books.

一个美丽的夜晚，当第一缕曙光开始笼罩大地时，奥利弗坐在窗前，全神贯注地看书。

When I did at last turn my eyes in Wemmick's direction, I found that he had unposted his pen, and was intent upon the table before him.

当我终于把目光转向温米克的方向时，我发现他已经放下笔，专心盯着他面前的桌子。