attract

【发音】

美 /ə'trækt/ 英 /ə'trækt/

【翻译】

1. vt. 吸引， 引起…注意

   英释:to make someone interested in something, or make them want to take part in something

【记忆】

at(表加强) ＋ tract(拉) → 拉过来 → 吸引

【短语】

1. attract foreign investment : 吸引外商投资；对外招商

2. attract investment : 招商，招商引资

【例句】

1. I’m not usually attracted to blondes.

   我一般不喜欢金发女子。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...One should enter it vaguely, and allow what is there freely to attract and influence the eye to walk the rounds of the bookshops...

2. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...it would attract funding and change the way we do health care...

3. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Infants cry to attract attention for survival...

4. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...along with their ability to attract the best talent...

5. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...so the government needs to ensure that institutions have all the support they need to attract international students who make a tremendous academic...

6. (2009.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...The globalization of education means more universities will be seeking heads with international experience of some kind of promote international programs and attract a global student body...

7. (2008.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...and business magazines have all seen increases in advertising because they attract the high-end market...

8. (2008.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...radio will increasingly attract target audiences who live many miles apart...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.吸引；引起

   engage/absorb/produce/cause/operate/

2. vi.吸引；有吸引力

   appeal/turn one on/

【同根词】

1. adj

   attractive : 吸引人的；有魅力的；引人注目的

   attractable : 可被吸引的

2. adv

   attractively : 迷人地；有吸引力地；动人地

3. n

   attraction : 吸引，吸引力；引力；吸引人的事物

   attractiveness : 吸引力；迷惑力

   attractor : [自] 吸引子；引起注意的人