attract
verbVerb Forms
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they attract | |
he / she / it attracts | |
past simple attracted | |
past participle attracted | |
-ing form attracting |
- [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;使喜愛;引起…的好感(或愛慕) - be attracted by somebody/something
I had always been attracted by the idea of working abroad. 我總是向往去國外工作。 - 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. 她發現自己越來越被他們和他們的生活方式所吸引。
- be attracted by somebody/something
- be attracted to somebody
to have a sexual or romantic interest in somebody 引起(反應) I am not attracted to him at all. 我對他一點也不感興趣。
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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. 官員們希望吸引更多的遊客到這個地區。 The new city is expected to attract investment worth £45 billion. 這座新城市預計將吸引價值450億英鎊的投資。 - attract something
The exhibition has attracted thousands of visitors. 展覽吸引了成千上萬的參觀者。 to attract a crowd/audience/customers 吸引人群/觀衆/顧客 The warm damp air attracts a lot of mosquitoes. 溫暖潮濕的空氣招來了大量蚊子。 Figure out how to continue to attract and retain businesses. 想辦法繼續吸引和留住業務。
- attract somebody/something to something
- attract something
to make people have a particular reaction 引起(反應) - (
physics )物理 if a magnet or gravity attracts something, it makes it move towards it opposite repel吸引
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin attract- ‘drawn near’, from the verb attrahere, from ad- ‘to’ + trahere ‘draw’.
Idioms
opposites attract
used to say that people who are very different are often attracted to each other 相反相成;相異相吸