gravitate

gravitate
[ˈgravɪteɪt]
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。
    ■(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)
    ■(archaic)descend or sink by the force of gravity
    (古)(受重力作用而)下降;下沉
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin gravitat-, from the verb gravitare, from Latin gravitas 'weight'
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