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attract

verb
 
🔊/əˈtrækt/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they attract
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he / she / it attracts
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past simple attracted
🔊/əˈtræktɪd/
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past participle attracted
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-ing form attracting
🔊/əˈtræktɪŋ/
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Idioms
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  1.  
     [usually passive] if you are attracted by something, it interests you and makes you want it; if you are attracted by somebody, you like or admire them吸引；使喜爱；引起…的好感（或爱慕）
    • be attracted by somebody/something I had always been attracted by the idea of working abroad.我总是向往去国外工作。🔊🔊
    • attract somebody (to somebody/something) What first attracted me to her was her sense of humour.她首先吸引我的是她的幽默感。🔊🔊
    • She finds herself increasingly attracted to them and their lifestyle.她发现自己越来越受到他们及其生活方式的吸引。
  2.  
     be attracted to somebody to have a sexual or romantic interest in somebody引起（反应）
    • I am not attracted to him at all.我一点也不被他吸引。
  3.  
     to make somebody/something come somewhere or take part in something招引
    • attract somebody/something to something Officials hope to attract more tourists to the area.官员们希望吸引更多游客到该地区。
    • The new city is expected to attract investment worth £45 billion. 新城市预计将吸引价值450亿英镑的投资。
    • attract something The exhibition has attracted thousands of visitors.展览吸引了成千上万的参观者。🔊🔊
    • to attract a crowd/audience/customers吸引人群/观众/顾客
    • The warm damp air attracts a lot of mosquitoes.温暖潮湿的空气招来了大量蚊子。🔊🔊
    • Figure out how to continue to attract and retain businesses.弄清楚如何继续吸引和保留业务。
  4.  
     attract something to make people have a particular reaction引起（反应）
    • This proposal has attracted a lot of interest.这个提案引起了人们很大的兴趣。🔊🔊
    • His comments were bound to attract criticism.他的评论必然会招致批评。🔊🔊
    • She tried to attract the attention of the waiter.她试图引起服务员的注意。🔊🔊
  5. (physics物理) if a magnet or gravity attracts something, it makes it move towards it 吸引opposite repel
    6. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin attract- ‘drawn near’, from the verb attrahere, from ad- ‘to’ + trahere ‘draw’.
Idioms
opposites attract
  1. used to say that people who are very different are often attracted to each other相反相成；相异相吸