Sometimes it feels as if circumstances are conspiring against us , and we find ourselves riveted in place .

有时境况仿佛与我们处处作对，我们发现自己寸步难行。

I was absolutely riveted by her story .

我完全被她的故事吸引住了。

It is a shame that these books should be published at a time when the world is riveted by events in the middle east .

可惜的是，这两本书竟是在中东事件引起世界注目时出版。

I realized that because of the way the hull was riveted together , the bottom was not as strong as most investigators believed .

我发现，正由于船身靠铆钉结合，船底就并不像大部分研究人员想的那样结实。

I was riveted by his words .

我完全被他的话吸引住了。