attract
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If something attracts people or animals, it has features that cause them to come to it. 吸引
The Cardiff Bay project is attracting many visitors. 加的夫湾工程吸引着众多的参观者。
2. V-T If someone or something attracts you, they have particular qualities which cause you to like or admire them. If a particular quality attracts you to a person or thing, it is the reason why you like them. 引起…的兴趣
He wasn't sure he'd got it right, although the theory attracted him by its logic. 他不能确定自己理解是否正确，尽管该理论的逻辑推理引起了他的兴趣。
3. V-T If you are attracted to someone, you are interested in them sexually. (性的) 吸引
In spite of her hostility, she was attracted to him. 尽管心存敌意，她还是被他吸引住了。
4. attractedADJ 被吸引的[v-link ADJ]
He was nice looking, but I wasn't deeply attracted to him. 他长得挺好看，但我并没有被他深深吸引。
5. V-T If something attracts support, publicity, or money, it receives support, publicity, or money. 吸引 (支持或资金等)
President Mwinyi said his country would also like to attract investment from private companies. 姆维尼总统说他的国家也愿意吸引私企的投资。
6. to attract someone's attention→see attention
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attract /əˈtrækt/ (attracting,attracted,attracts)
剑桥词典
- B1 [ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ]
- The mud flats attract large numbers of birds .
- The hotel is making a major push to attract customers .
- This film is unlikely to attract large audiences .
- The project has attracted considerable criticism from the scientific community .
- With its varied climate , the country attracts both winter and summer sports enthusiasts . 返回 attract
(of people , things, places , etc.) to pull or draw someone or something towards them, by the qualities they have, especially good ones
（尤因具有积极、值得赞赏的品质而）吸引；招引；引起
These flowers are brightly coloured in order to attract butterflies . 这些花朵都有着鲜艳的色彩以便能够吸引蝴蝶。
The circus is attracting huge crowds /audiences . 马戏团吸引了大批的观众。
The government is trying to attract industry to the area (= to persuade people to place their industry there). 政府正在这个地区招商引资兴办工业。
Her ideas have attracted a lot of attention /criticism in the scientific community . 她的见解在科学界引起了很多人的注意／众多批评。
[ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 常用于被动语态的动词 ]
If you are attracted by or to someone, you like them, often finding them sexually interesting .
吸引；诱惑；引起…的爱慕；使喜爱
I'm not physically /sexually attracted to him. 他在外形上／性方面对我没有吸引力。
physics specialized
When something such as a magnet attracts something else , it pulls it towards it.
（磁铁等）吸引
Magnets attract iron filings . 磁铁吸铁屑。
Since light has no mass , Newton's equation predicts that it will not be attracted by gravity towards anything. 既然光是没有质量的，牛顿的方程式便预言光不会受到引力作用。
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