| 词汇 | attracting |
| 释义 | attracting present participle ofattract attract verb uk /əˈtrækt/ us /əˈtrækt/ B1[ T ] (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。 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。 B2[ Tusually 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 He tends to be attracted to strong women. I like him, but I'm not physically/sexually attracted to him. [ Tusually passive ] If something attracts you, or you are attracted by it, you like it and find it interesting: The idea of becoming a journalist attracted her. My parents were attracted by the school's curriculum, which puts equal emphasis on artistic, practical, and intellectual subjects. What attracted you to this role? to draw your attention and interest you attractWe were attracted to the high street, with its variety of shops and cafés. drawThe game drew a crowd of 30,000. enticeThe smell of coffee enticed people to enter the shop. lureI was lured into the store by the smell of fresh bread. temptI was tempted by the offer of a free phone. seduceI wouldn't normally have bought this but I was seduced by the low price. physics specialized When something such as a magnet attracts something else, it pulls it towards it: （磁铁等）吸引 Magnets attract iron filings.磁铁吸铁屑。 Since light has no mass, Newton's equation predicts that it will not be attracted by gravity towards anything.既然光是没有质量的，牛顿的方程式便预言光不会受到引力作用。 The mud flats attract large numbers of birds.潮泥滩吸引了大批鸟类。 The hotel is making a major push to attract customers.这家旅馆正在大搞活动以吸引顾客。 This film is unlikely to attract large audiences. The project has attracted considerable criticism from the scientific community . With its varied climate, the country attracts both winter and summer sports enthusiasts.该国气候多变，吸引了冬季和夏季运动爱好者。 I tend to be attracted to complicated, sometimes unsympathetic characters. Attracting and tempting affinity allure alluringly arrest attract charisma charm offensive charm the pants off someoneidiom chum clickbait glamour honey trap incentive jump out at someone lure tantalizing tantalizingly tempt temptation temptingly You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Physics: energy, force & power Examples of attractingattracting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In the 1920s, the school was eager to distinguish itself from the government schools as a means of attracting more pupils. Inevitably, these chapters require some discussion of the issue of the appropriate scale of analysis, which is presently attracting some debate amongst prehistorians. This organisation quickly eclipsed the original one in terms of numbers, attracting and mobilising several thousand students around the country. In any event, attracting inward investment will always seem more important than addressing environmental issues. This movement is continuing as long as the repulsive velocity equals the attracting velocity. When these tasks are carried out effectively they sustain the market by continuing the cycle of attracting customers and farmers. Initially, most payment programs for land diversion had a fixed payment per land unit, attracting the least profitable lands while maximizing the area enrolled. The men's rapid deterioration was attracting widespread concern in much the same way colliery explosions had in the first half of the nineteenth century. This miscellany of news, fashion, literature, and instruction succeeded in attracting a large number of subscribers. Although churches face many challenges, not least attracting younger members, they should not pass lightly over their obligations to their older members. Furthermore, we show that the principle of topological renormalization is false for attracting exponential maps. As we will see, this exponential has an attracting cycle of period three. The intervals of singularities become orbit segments for the non-singular flow defined, which are locally attracting. There is an unpredictable potential for attracting new companies to use the existing industrial settlements and to build new industries. It is in the business of attracting readers, listeners, and viewers. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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