attract [ ə'trækt] vt.吸引；引起，诱惑
attract [ə'trækt] v. 吸引,引起
对外招商 attract foreign investment
招商引资 attract/bid for/invite investments (from overseas)
In addition, in order to attract tourists, a lot of artificial facilities have been built, which have certain unfavorable effects on the environment.
另外，为了吸引旅游者，大量人工设施被修建，这对环境是不利的。
For lack of distinct culture, some places will not attract tourists any more. Consequently, the fast rise in number of foreign tourists may eventually lead to the decline of local tourism.
由于缺乏独特的文化，一些地方不再吸引旅游者。因此，国外旅游者数量的快速增加可能最终会导致当地旅游业的衰败。
Those who are in favor of artistic and cultural projects advocate that cultural environment will attract more tourists, which will bring huge profits to local residents. Some people even equate the build of such projects with the improving of economic construction.
那些赞成建设文化艺术项目的人认为文化环境会吸引更多的游客，这将给当地居民带来巨大的利益。一些人甚至把建设文化艺术项目与发展经济建设等同起来。
Many young people always go into raptures at the merely mention of buying fashion clothes. And they seem to be attracted by colorful material, various styles of fashion clothes. There is nothing, they maintain, that can't be compared with fashion clothes. In fact, fashion clothes had become indispensable part of youngster's life.
许多年轻人一提到时尚服装就兴高采烈。他们似乎被时尚服装那多彩的面料，各种不同的款式所吸引。 111. Many people seem to overlook the basic fact: the major function of clothing is to keep us warm and comfortable.
许多人似乎忽视了这个基本事实：衣服的基本功能是保持我们舒适和温暖。
Attract 吸引，吸收
attract foreign investment 吸收外资
The shop took some new measures to attract more clients.
这家商店采取一些新措施以吸引更多的顾客。
Hotels try to attract conventions because they bring a lot of business.
宾馆设法吸引各种会议，因为会议可带来大量生意。
The sound of his music attracted a school of dolphins.
他的音乐声引来了一群海豚。
I am most attracted by Dickens.
狄更斯的作品更吸引我。
The increasing army of the unemployed has attracted the attention of the economist.
不断增长的失业大军引起了这名经济学家的关注。
This is the area that attracts the most attention.
这是最受关注的地区。
Her appearance attracted my notice.
她的外表引起了我的注意。
We no longer manufacture pure cotton shirts as their retail prices tend only to attract that upper end of the market.
我方已不再生产纯棉衬衫因为其零售价格只能吸引高档消费者。
Like attracts like.
物以类聚。
A She is really beautiful.
A 她非常漂亮。
B Yes, she is. She's very beautiful indeed.
B 是的，是这样。她的确非常漂亮。
A But I was surprised when I saw her husband.
A 但是当我看到她丈夫时我很吃惊。
B Why's that?
B 为什么呢？
A Well, he's older than her. And he's quite short and bald.
A 哦，他比她老。而且他相当矮，还秃顶。
B Opposites attract!
B 异性相吸！
举世瞩目 [jǔ shì zhǔ mù] /attract worldwide attention/
吸引 [xī yǐn] /attract (interest, investment, etc.)/
The examples of Virtual Vineyards, Amazon.com, and other pioneers show that a Web site selling the right kind of products with the right mix of interactivity, hospitality, and security will attract online customers.
像Virtual Vineyards和Amazon.com及其他开拓者的例子说明：一个销售适类商品的网站，如果将交互性、热情服务、安全性合理结合，肯定会吸引网上用户的。
{adj: appealing} able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
"He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"- Vincent Starrett
"an appealing sense of humor"
"the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing"
<-> unappealing
{adj: attention-getting, catchy} likely to attract attention
"a catchy title for a movie"
{adj: attractable} capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet
"the magnetic chips of steel produced by a cutting tool are attractable by a magnet"
{adj: bisexual} sexually attracted to both sexes
<-> heterosexual, homosexual
{adj: captivated, charmed} strongly attracted
{adj: charismatic, magnetic} possessing an extraordinary ability to attract
"a charismatic leader"
"a magnetic personality"
{adj: cut, slashed} (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
"the slashed prices attracted buyers"
{adj: engaging, piquant} attracting or delighting
"an engaging frankness"
"a piquant face with large appealing eyes"
{adj: exhibitionistic} compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by public exposure or exaggerated behavior
{adj: fascinated} intensely interested in or attracted by
"I'm very interested in birds; in fact I'm fascinated by them"
{adj: heterosexual} sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
<-> homosexual, bisexual
{adj: homosexual} sexually attracted to members of your own sex
<-> bisexual, heterosexual
{adj: hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding} attracting and holding interest as if by a spell
"read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"
"she had a warm mesmeric charm"
"the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"
"a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"
{adj: lovable, loveable} having characteristics that attract love or affection
"a mischievous but lovable child"
<-> hateful
{adj: magnetic, magnetized, magnetised} having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel
"the hard disk is covered with a thin coat of magnetic material"
<-> antimagnetic
{adj: most} the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree
"made the most money he could"
"what attracts the most attention?"
"made the most of a bad deal"
<-> least
{adj: neutral-colored, neutral-coloured} having a color that does not attract attention
{adj: noisy, loud} attracting attention by showiness or bright colors
"a noisy sweater"
{adj: ostentatious, pretentious} intended to attract notice and impress others
"an ostentatious sable coat"
<-> unostentatious
{adj: unappealing} not able to attract favorable attention
"they have made the place as unappealing as possible"
"was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess"
<-> appealing
{adv: conspicuously} in a manner tending to attract attention
"there have been plenty of general declarations about willingness to meet and talk, but conspicuously no mention of time and place"
<-> inconspicuously
{adv: inconspicuously} in a manner intended to avoid attracting attention
"he had entered the room inconspicuously"
<-> conspicuously
{adv: magnetically} as if by magnetism
"he was magnetically attracted to her"
{adv: obstreperously, loudly, clamorously} in manner that attracts attention
"obstreperously, he demanded to get service"
{adv: occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, at times, from time to time} now and then or here and there
"he was arrogant and occasionally callous"
"open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"
"they visit New York on occasion"
"now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"
"as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention"
{adv: weakly} in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree
"weakly agreed to a compromise"
"wheezed weakly"
"he was weakly attracted to her"
<-> strongly
{n: Czestochowa} a city of southern Poland whose church contains the statue of the black Madonna which attracts many pilgrims
{n: Montespan, Marquise de Montespan, Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart} French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707)
{n: affinity, chemical attraction} the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
"basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"
{n: allure, allurement, temptingness} the power to entice or attract through personal charm
{n: attraction, attractive force} the force by which one object attracts another
<-> repulsion
{n: attraction, attractiveness} the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
"her personality held a strange attraction for him"
{n: attraction, attractor, attracter, attractive feature, magnet} a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
"flowers are an attractor for bees"
{n: attractive nuisance} anything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm
"their swimming pool is an attractive nuisance; they should fence it in"
{n: bait and switch} a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product
{n: bandwagon effect} the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity
"in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity"
"polls are accused of creating a bandwagon effect to benefit their candidate"
{n: bandwagon} a popular trend that attracts growing support
"when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon"
{n: binding} the capacity to attract and hold something
{n: bisexual, bisexual person} a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes
{n: bowerbird, catbird} any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
{n: carnivorous plant} plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals
{n: cause celebre} an incident that attracts great public attention
{n: chum} bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish
{n: cynosure} something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
"if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice"
{n: drawing card, draw, attraction, attractor, attracter} an entertainer who attracts large audiences
"he was the biggest drawing card they had"
{n: drawing power} the capacity for attracting people (customers or supporters)
{n: electronegativity, negativity} (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond
{n: eloquence, fluency, smoothness} powerful and effective language
"his eloquence attracted a large congregation"
"fluency in spoken and written English is essential"
"his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police"
{n: exhibitionism, immodesty} the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals
{n: exhibitionism} extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself
{n: exhibitionist, show-off} someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
{n: eye-catcher} a striking person or thing that attracts attention
{n: fascination} the capacity to attract intense interest
"he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations"
{n: ground bait} bait scattered on the water to attract fish
{n: halloo} a shout to attract attention
"he gave a great halloo but no one heard him"
{n: high profile} a position attracting much attention and publicity
{n: hotdog, hot dog} someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself
{n: indicator} a signal for attracting attention
{n: interest, interestingness} the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
"they said nothing of great interest"
"primary colors can add interest to a room"
<-> uninterestingness
{n: law of gravitation, Newton's law of gravitation} (physics) the law that states any two bodies attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
{n: lion-hunter} someone who tries to attract social lions as guests
{n: lodestone, loadstone} a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically
{n: lure, enticement, come-on} qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
{n: magnetite, magnetic iron-ore} an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets
{n: magnet} (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
{n: mecca} a place that attracts many visitors
"New York is a mecca for young artists"
{n: mountebank, charlatan} a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
{n: notice} polite or favorable attention
"his hard work soon attracted the teacher's notice"
{n: pedophile, paedophile} an adult who is sexually attracted to children
{n: pertness} quality of being lively and confident
"there was a pertness about her that attracted him"
{n: pilot program, pilot film, pilot} a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
{n: reveler, reveller, merrymaker} a celebrant who shares in a noisy party
"the clubs attract revelers as young as thirteen"
{n: scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screeching} sharp piercing cry
"her screaming attracted the neighbors"
{n: seeker} a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
{n: smallness} the property of being a relatively small amount
"he was attracted by the smallness of the taxes"
{n: stinkhorn, carrion fungus} any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales
"the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet"
{n: streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern} a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
{n: theory of gravitation, theory of gravity, gravitational theory, Newton's theory of gravitation} (physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
{v: attract, appeal} be attractive to
"The idea of a vacation appeals to me"
"The beautiful garden attracted many people"
<-> repel
{v: attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in} direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
"Her good looks attract the stares of many men"
"The ad pulled in many potential customers"
"This pianist pulls huge crowds"
"The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
<-> repel
{v: attract} 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"
{v: bring} attract the attention of
"The noise and the screaming brought the curious"
{v: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant} attract ; cause to be enamored
"She captured all the men's hearts"
{v: catch, arrest, get} attract and fix
"His look caught her"
"She caught his eye"
"Catch the attention of the waiter"
{v: display} attract attention by displaying some body part or posing ; of animals
{v: egotrip} act in a way that attracts attention
"This teacher always egotrips and the students don't like him"
{v: gravitate} be attracted to
"Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"
{v: halloo} shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention
{v: magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind} attract strongly, as if with a magnet
"She magnetized the audience with her tricks"
{v: outshine} attract more attention and praise than others
"This film outshone all the others in quality"
{v: repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back} cause to move back by force or influence
"repel the enemy"
"push back the urge to smoke"
"beat back the invaders"
<-> attract
{v: repel, repulse} be repellent to ; cause aversion in
<-> attract
{v: school} swim in or form a large group of fish
"A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"
{v: suck, suck in} attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.
"The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"
{v: take the stage, take stage} attract attention onto oneself
{v: troat} emit a cry intended to attract other animals ; used especially of animals at rutting time
Maccari's 1960 investigation reported how, instead of probing the reasons for Padre Pio's apparent financial invincibility, the virulently anti-Communist Pope Pius XII freed Padre Pio from his vow of poverty and instructed him to use his power to attract pilgrims from far and wide, to generate cash.
马卡里 1960年的调查报告，没有探究帕特尔.皮奥经济上显然有隐瞒的种种原因，而是报告了那位强烈反共的教皇皮尔斯十二世如何使帕特尔免于发誓过贫困的生活，并指示他利用他动人的力量吸引各地的朝圣者，以捞取现钞。
New versions of the most popular operating systems and application software attract virus writers like sugar attracts flies.
就像蜜糖吸引苍蝇那样，最流行的操作系统及应用软件的新版本总能引起病毒编写者的注意。
I haven't upgraded my email program since 1995 or my word processor since 1996;
我的电子邮件系统自 1995年以来就没有更新过，而字处理软件从 1996年一直用到现在；
they work just fine and are too old to attract hackers.
它们都工作得很好，但对于黑客而言，它们显得版本太旧，引不起他们的兴趣。
Erwin Staudt, chairman of Germany's " Initiative D21 " high-tech offensive, said specialist workers could be attracted from eastern Europe, where Germany has been the biggest foreign investor.
德国 "创导 21世纪 "高科技活动的主席欧文·斯陶特说，德国在东欧各国一直是最大的外国投资者，不妨从那里吸引专门人才。
The " Green card " scheme has attracted controversy among unions because of Germany's high unemployment rate, still 10 per cent of the work-force.
德国目前的失业率高达 10％，因此政府的 "绿卡 "方案在工会组织中间引起了争议。
While welcoming the UK government's move to attract foreign high-tech workers, some UK companies yesterday criticised the government for sending contradictory signals to its own technology workers.
昨天，有些英国公司在表示欢迎政府为吸引外国高科技人才所采取措施的同时又批评了政府，说它的做法向本国的技术人才发出了自相矛盾的信号。
His Internet web site, from which he dispenses even more advice, attracts 3,000 questions a week.
他的互联网站提供更多忠告，每周会收到 3000个问题。
Yet the bridge will move the people of southern Sweden closer to Copenhagen in a host of ways; Stockholm's allure, which once attracted the cream of Swedish youth, has already begun to be eclipsed by the booming Qresund.
尽管如此，大桥仍将以多种方式将瑞典南部与哥本哈根紧密联结起来。斯德哥尔摩的魅力过去曾经吸引着瑞典年轻人中的精粹，但是在逐渐繁荣的厄勒松德面前，这种魅力已经开始逐渐失色。
The bigger population of the region should also help create the human capital needed to attract investment in such high growth fields as Internet technology and biomedical research.
另外，该地区逐渐增加的人口将有益于提供人力资源，而这是在诸如互联网技术和生物医学研究等高速增长的领域吸引投资的先决条件。
Swedes are likely to be attracted by the relatively low alcohol prices in Denmark, such as beer that is 68% cheaper than in nearly prohibitionist Sweden.
瑞典人有可能会被丹麦相对较低的酒精饮料的价格所吸引，例如，丹麦的啤酒价格比主张禁酒的瑞典要低 68%。
The other reason is less subtle: airlines compete desperately to attract and keep the igh yield passengers those business and first-class customers because they generate up to eight times more revenue than the folks in the cheap seats.
另一个理由到没有那么神秘。航空公司竭尽全力想吸引并留住那些高收益客户，即公务舱和头等舱的乘客，因为从他们那里获得的收益可达经济舱的八倍甚至更多。
The 4 km. swim, 129 km. cycle race, and the 30 km. run of the Long Distance World Championships in Nice recently attracted over 2,000 enthusiasts.
最近在法国尼斯举办的世界长途锦标赛吸引了 2, 000多名爱好者参赛。比赛组合如下：游泳四公里、自行车 129公里以及长跑 30公里。
Instead, they work on the theory that a critical mass of users will eventually attract advertising and other sources of revenue.
它们的经营理念如下：只要手中掌握了一定数量的用户，将来就不愁找不到广告及其他收入来源。
Then there are the neighbors who complain that the planetarium will attract extra traffic and fuming school buses.
此外，天文馆的邻居抱怨天文馆使附近街道的车流量骤增，还招来许多冒黑烟的校车。
Something else that attracted critics and the first viewers to Blair Witch is the film's bold sense of withholding Horror, after all, is a genre that gravitates to the lurid edge.
吸引影评家与第一批观众的另一点在于《厄夜丛林》营造了一种极度的恐怖气氛。这是一种近似于耸人听闻的电影模式。
It is attracting some 550,000 different users a day and is hailed as the No. 1 kids ' site on the Internet.
每天这些东西吸引了大约 55万不同的用户到他们的网页上浏览，他们的网页一举成为互联网上的第一大儿童网站。
The busier you get, building more pages and attracting more traffic, the more ads they can sell, at ever higher rates, and the more money you make.
你越忙，建立的网页越多，吸引的访问者越多，他们卖的广告就越多，价格越来越高，你也会赚更多的钱。
In the 1820's, United States citizens migrated to Texas, attracted by land suitable for cotton.
十九世纪二十年代，美国公民在大片宜于种植棉花的土地的诱惑下移居到得克萨斯。
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