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gravitate to/toward(s) sb/sth
toward 和 towards 都正确，美式英语中更常用 toward。
Visitors often gravitate toward the city's old town.
游客往往会涌向这座城市的旧城区。
被吸引；倾向；趋向
gravitates — third person singular of gravitate
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被吸引；倾向；趋向
to be drawn or tend to move toward someone or something, often in a figurative sense
Visitors often gravitate toward the city's old town.
游客往往会涌向这座城市的旧城区。
常与 to/toward 连用
在引力作用下移动。
To move under the force of gravity.
倾向于或自然地移向某人或某物,仿佛被引力吸引。
To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.
gravitate
Base
原形
gravitates
3rd person
第三人称单数
gravitating
-ing
现在分词
gravitated
Past
过去式
gravitated
Past participle
过去分词
People often gravitate toward familiar places.
人们常常被熟悉的地方所吸引。
She gravitated to the city after graduation.
毕业后，她被这座城市吸引。
He has gravitated toward online learning.
他已经倾向于在线学习。
常与 to/toward 搭配，表示“被吸引、倾向”。
In the library, I always gravitate to the mystery section.
在图书馆里，我总是被推理小说区吸引。
At parties, shy guests often gravitate toward quiet corners.
在聚会上，害羞的客人常常会聚到安静的角落。
During the break, the children gravitated to the playground.
休息时，孩子们都被吸引到了操场上。
toward 和 towards 都正确，美式英语中更常用 toward。
Visitors often gravitate toward the city's old town.
游客往往会涌向这座城市的旧城区。
后接动名词表示逐渐倾向于做某事。
He is gravitating toward studying computer science.
他正逐渐倾向于学习计算机科学。
此义描述天体因引力而运动，比较正式。
The planets gravitate around the sun.
行星受引力作用绕着太阳运行。
Not this
I am gravitated to people who are funny.
Use this
I gravitate to people who are funny.
汉语说“被……吸引”，但 gravitate 是不及物动词，要用主动语态表示“倾向于/被吸引”，一般不用于被动语态。
Not this
She gravitates creative people.
Use this
She gravitates toward creative people.
gravitate 是不及物动词，不能直接接宾语；表示“被吸引到/倾向于”时，后接 toward/to 再加对象。
Not this
He feels a gravitate toward science.
Use this
He feels a gravitation toward science.
feel a 后需要名词；gravitate 是动词，表示“倾向/吸引力”的名词形式是 gravitation，不能用动词原形。
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倾向于某事物；被某事物吸引
Young people often gravitate toward cities for work and study.
年轻人往往倾向于去城市工作和学习。
被某人吸引；亲近某人
In a large group, she tends to gravitate to people who share her interests.
在一大群人中，她倾向于亲近和她兴趣相投的人。
自然而然地被吸引到
Children naturally gravitate to bright colors and playful sounds.
孩子们自然而然会被鲜艳的颜色和好玩的声音吸引。
逐渐远离某事物
As he grew older, he gravitated away from video games.
随着年龄增长，他逐渐远离了电子游戏。
围绕某人或某物转；聚集在……周围
Discussion tended to gravitate around the new policy.
讨论往往围绕新政策展开。
被吸引到；倾向于
In social settings, people often gravitate toward familiar faces.
在社交场合中，人们常常会被熟悉的面孔吸引。
围绕；以…为中心
The whole meeting gravitated around the question of funding.
整个会议都围绕着资金问题展开。
Use gravitates naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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联想 gravity（重力），去掉 y 加 ate：苹果被重力拉向地面，人因兴趣被‘拉向’某事物。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常交流、学术或专业写作（尤其是物理学） 这个动词通常多用于比喻义，表示受某人或某事吸引而逐渐趋向于它，后面常接 to 或 toward(s)；它的本义“受引力作用而移动”比较少见，多见于物理学等专门语境。整体属于中性偏正式，日常交流与正式写作中均可使用。
没有常用词与 gravitate /ˈɡrævɪteɪt/ 完全押韵。这些以 -itate 结尾的词只是拼写相似，读音并不相同：levitate /ˈlɛvɪteɪt/、meditate /ˈmɛdɪteɪt/、hesitate /ˈhɛzɪteɪt/ 的重读元音是 /ɛ/；imitate /ˈɪmɪteɪt/、irritate /ˈɪrɪteɪt/ 是 /ɪ/；agitate /ˈædʒɪteɪt/ 虽也是 /æ/，但元音后是 /dʒ/ 而不是 /v/，所以都不押韵。
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