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attract
[ə'trækt] verb
ESSENTIAL transitive
■(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。 •Magnets attract iron filings.磁铁吸铁屑。 •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。 IMPROVER transitive usually passive
■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。 |