1. That was an absorbing book. It held my interest from beginning to end.
    这是一本极有趣的书，从头到尾都让我感到兴致勃勃。

2. And ordinary holidays, when they come, are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.
    而通常的假期来到，他们却惋惜这假期强制打断了他们埋头从事的工作。

3. Our leaders saw parallels to the independence movement founded by people like Nehru and Gandhi who, after absorbing Western political thought at institutions like Eton and Oxford, returned home to serve their native land.
    我们的领导人看到了与诸如尼赫鲁和甘地这样的人所发起的独立运动类似的情况：他们在伊顿和牛津这样的学府里吸收了西方的政治思想后，就回来报效自己的祖国。