đắm mình
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Definition
- Verb (reflexive):
- To immerse oneself / to lose oneself in: To become deeply involved, absorbed, or engrossed in a particular activity, state, or environment, often to the point of forgetting one's surroundings.
- To wallow in: To indulge or revel excessively in a particular emotion, sensation, or experience, often with a negative or self-indulgent connotation.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cô ấy thích đắm mình trong những cuốn sách. (She loves to immerse herself in books.)
- Anh ấy đắm mình trong công việc để quên đi nỗi buồn. (He immerses himself in work to forget his sorrow.)
- Không nên đắm mình trong quá khứ. (One should not wallow in the past.)
Advanced Usage
"đắm mình trong suy nghĩ": to be lost in thought, to be deep in contemplation.
- Ông ấy ngồi đắm mình trong suy nghĩ hàng giờ. (He sat lost in thought for hours.)
"đắm mình vào thiên nhiên": to immerse oneself in nature.
- Kỳ nghỉ là cơ hội để chúng tôi đắm mình vào thiên nhiên. (The vacation was a chance for us to immerse ourselves in nature.)
Variants and Related Words
Đắm (v): to sink, to submerge; to be deeply absorbed or lost in (e.g., đắm chìm).
- Con tàu đắm sau vụ va chạm. (The ship sank after the collision.)
Đắm đuối (adj): deeply infatuated, passionately engrossed (often in love or desire).
- Ánh mắt đắm đuối. (A deeply infatuated gaze.)
Synonyms
- Immerse oneself: To involve oneself deeply in an activity.
- Engross oneself: To absorb all one's attention.
- Wallow in: To indulge unrestrainedly in a negative emotion or state.
Related Idioms
Đắm mình trong men rượu: to drown one's sorrows in drink.
- Sau thất bại, anh ta chỉ muốn đắm mình trong men rượu. (After the failure, he just wanted to drown his sorrows in drink.)
Đắm mình trong hưởng lạc: to wallow in (sensual) pleasures.
- Kẻ giàu có ấy chỉ biết đắm mình trong hưởng lạc. (That wealthy man knows only how to wallow in pleasures.)
- Wallow in
- Đắm mình trong hoan lạcTo wallow in sensual pleasures