英 [əˈtrækt] 美 [əˈtrækt]
v. 吸引；（物体间）产生引力；引起；有吸引力
第三人称单数attracts
现在分词attracting
过去式attracted
过去分词attracted
attract /əˈtrækt/ CET4 TEM4 [ attracting attracted attracts ]
及物动词 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。
及物动词 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。
及物动词 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。
形容词 被吸引的
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。
及物动词 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。
to attract someone's attention→seeattention
exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away
the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies
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Why could such a short novel attract attention of so many critics in different periods?
为何这样一部中篇小说能吸引众多的不同时期的批评家呢？
参考来源用存在主义解读康拉德《黑暗的心》
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Those are also the core reasons attract ACG fans.
这正是吸引国内动漫迷的重要原因。
招引-引用次数：2
的注意; 引起注意; 有吸引力 { attract } 呼叫, 打电话, 召集; 叫喊, 呼叫; 顺便到..
他每到一处都无例外的会招引(Attract)很多人，一支玫瑰，或者一句甜言蜜语。关键时候，派上用场。
... 招商引资 attract; bid for; invite 招生办公室 admissions office 折旧费 depreciation expenses ...
... attend（at+tend关怀→关怀到了→出度） attract吸收（拉→拉过去→吸收） attest证实（at+test尝试→一再尝试→证实） ...
attractive 吸引人的；有魅力的；引人注目的
attractable 可被吸引的
attractively 迷人地；有吸引力地；动人地
She tried to attract the waiter's attention.
她试图引起服务员的注意。
She gave a little cough to attract my attention.
她轻轻地咳了一声以引起我的注意。
How can we attract more visitors to our website?
我们如何才能吸引更多人访问我们的网站呢？
Spreading mulch before the ground has frozen may attract small animals searching for a warm place to spend the winter.
VOA : special.2009.06.30
But the second is a desire to attract and maintain the divine presence, the continued presence of God in the sanctuary.
第二个是一种欲望，想要吸引和保持，上帝长久存在于圣所内的欲望。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
In particular, the daily burnt offerings sacrificed by the priests twice each day, and emitting this pleasing odor: these were an effort to attract the deity.
尤其是每天两次的烧祭品,散发出美妙的气味：,这些都是为了吸引神灵的注意。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Writing for the dissenters, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg said the white firefighters who scored high "understandably attract this Court's sympathy."
VOA : special.2009.07.03
The family hopes the music will attract attention to the need for taking good care of the earth and its seas.
VOA : special.2009.06.16
They tend to have a larger reach, and so attract a larger number of potential buyers.
Until then Hunt is hoping to attract sponsorship to enable her to concentrate on archery full-time.
The best Scottish operations are more likely to attract foreign investment, and get bought over.