engross oor Afrikaans

engross

/ɛŋˈɡroʊs/, /ɛnˈɡroʊs/, /ɛŋˈɡrəʊs/, /ɛnˈɡrəʊs/ werkwoord

(transitive, now law) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

absorbeer

Soortgelyke frases

engrossed
besig

voorbeelde

David becomes engrossed in conversation with his many friends —leaving Mary, the newcomer, alone.
Dawid raak verdiep in sy gesprekke met sy baie vriende—wat beteken dat Marie, die nuweling, op haar eie is.

The men report that the wild dogs “had been so engrossed in watching the rescue that the other impala had escaped unnoticed.”
Die mans vertel dat die wildehonde “so besig was om die redding dop te hou dat die ander rooibok ongemerk ontsnap het”.

“As scientists studying animal behavior,” Stephen Nowicki and Peter Marler wrote in Music Perception, “we are often so engrossed by the functional and evolutionary significance of birdsong as a communication signal that we forget the powerful aesthetic feelings it holds for us as a kind of natural music.”
“As wetenskaplikes wat die gedrag van diere bestudeer”, skryf Stephen Nowicki en Peter Marler in Music Perception, “word ons dikwels so geboei deur die funksionele en evolusionêre betekenis van voëlgesang as kommunikasiemiddel dat ons van die kragtige estetiese gevoelens vergeet wat dit vir ons as ’n soort natuurlike musiek inhou.”

In a similar vein, think how disrespectful it is toward Christ Jesus when those who claim to be his followers become so engrossed each year in the pagan traditions of Christmas and in honoring an infant that they fail to honor him as King.
Dink eweneens aan hoe oneerbiedig dit teenoor Jesus Christus is wanneer diegene wat beweer dat hulle sy navolgers is elke jaar so in die heidense gebruike van Kersfees en in die verering van ’n baba verdiep raak dat hulle versuim om hom as Koning te vereer.

What is more, the role can be so engrossing, even addictive, that everything else becomes secondary.
Daarbenewens kan die rol so boeiend, selfs verslawend, wees dat enigiets anders ondergeskik daaraan word.

The Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics sets out this enlightening information under the heading “State of the Dead”: “No subject connected with his psychic life has so engrossed the mind of man as that of his condition after death.
Die Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics het hierdie insiggewende inligting onder die opskrif “Toestand van die Dooies”: “Geen onderwerp wat met die mens se geesteslewe verband hou, het sy denke so geboei soos dié van sy toestand ná die dood nie.

If others often see us engrossed in looking at a handheld computer, they might conclude that we do not care to speak to them.
As ander dikwels sien dat ons met ’n handrekenaar besig is, sal hulle moontlik tot die slotsom kom dat ons nie daarin belangstel om met hulle te praat nie.

Still, nations today, engrossed in self-interest, are clamoring more and more for their own sovereignty.
Tog dring hedendaagse nasies, wat met eiebelang behep is, al hoe meer aan op hulle eie soewereiniteit.

It engrosses you, and you cannot get it out of your system.
Dit neem al jou aandag in beslag en is onlosmaaklik deel van jou.

Railway officials in Japan say that passengers waiting on platforms get engrossed in cell-phone conversations and forget where they are.
Spoorwegamptenare in Japan sê dat passasiers wat op platforms wag, in selfoongesprekke verdiep raak en vergeet waar hulle is.

The education may be practically free, but the price that the students pay is a life engrossed in advancing the present system.
Die onderwys is miskien feitlik gratis, maar die prys wat die studente betaal, is ’n lewe wat gewy word aan die bevordering van die teenswoordige stelsel.

Soon I became engrossed in a discussion about the cross, in which the Witnesses showed clearly from the Bible that Jesus had died on a simple pole, or stake.
Dit was nie lank nie of ek het diep gewikkel geraak in ’n gesprek oor die kruis, waartydens die Getuies duidelik uit die Bybel gewys het dat Jesus aan ’n doodgewone paal gesterf het.

I, on the other hand, was completely engrossed in my work and enjoyed a certain prominence in the medical field.
Ek was egter heeltemal verdiep in my werk en het ’n sekere aansien in die mediese veld geniet.

A dateless bargain to engrossing death! -- Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide!
'N ongedateerd winskoop te pakkende dood - Kom, bitter gedrag, kom, onsmaaklike gids!

12:13) If a Christian became engrossed in his secular work, spiritual pursuits could easily be pushed into second place.
12:13). As ’n Christen te betrokke raak by sy sekulêre werk, kan geestelike strewes maklik vir hom minder belangrik word.

My mother had obtained Bible publications, and I became engrossed in their contents, particularly the illustrations.
My ma het Bybelpublikasies gehad, en ek het baie daarvan gehou, veral van die prente.

He was engrossed in martial arts and was given the nickname Killer by his competitors.
Hy was diep betrokke by die vegkuns, en sy mededingers het hom die bynaam Killer gegee.

In fact, he became so engrossed in vindicating himself that, in a way, he began to blame Jehovah for his predicament.
Trouens, hy het so verdiep in sy selfregverdiging geraak dat hy, in ’n sekere sin, Jehovah vir sy haglike toestand begin blameer het (Job 6:4; 9:16-18; 16:11, 12).

Block the display or become too engrossed in conversation with your partner.
Moenie reg voor die uitstalling staan sodat mense dit nie kan sien nie of verdiep raak in ’n gesprek met jou velddiensmaat nie.

Becoming Engrossed in Our Work
Ek neem ywerig deel aan ons predikingswerk

Worship of snake-gods also engrossed peoples of ancient Mexico.
Volke van eertydse Mexiko het ook die aanbidding van slanggode beoefen.

As you probably realize, though, a person does not have to work outside of his home country to become engrossed in secular work.
Maar soos jy waarskynlik besef, is dit nie net iemand wat in ’n ander land werk wat met sekulêre werk behep kan raak nie.

You may find it rewarding to read for an hour or more at a sitting, doing added research and becoming thoroughly engrossed in the material.
Jy vind dit dalk lonend om ’n uur of langer op ’n keer te lees, terwyl jy bykomende navorsing doen en heeltemal verdiep raak in die materiaal.

The previous day, reading had engrossed me, and again I had not kept up my spiritual activities.
Ek was die vorige dag in my leeswerk verdiep, en ek het weer nie met my geestelike bedrywighede volgehou nie.

Or, it ponders, “perhaps simply being in contact with and engrossed in the miracles of the universe might have a positive effect on a person’s health.”
Of, dink hulle, “miskien het die blote feit dat hulle in aanraking is met en verdiep is in die wonders van die heelal ’n positiewe uitwerking op ’n mens se gesondheid”.