attraction

n

• ① 1吸引(力);魅力2【物理】引力(←→repulsion)
  • I felt an immediate attraction to Alice.我感到立即被爱丽丝吸引住。
  • Do you feel any attraction for [toward] this place? (=Does this place have any attraction for you?)这地方是否有任何吸引你之处?
  • Hard work has little attraction for me.劳苦的工作并不吸引我。
  • The attraction of the temple lies in its magnificence.这座庙的吸引力在于它的宏伟。
  • The attraction between the sexes is very strong.两性之间的吸引力是很强的。
  • magnetic attraction磁力
  • chemical attraction【化】亲和力
  • attraction of gravity重力

• ② 吸引人的事物;诱惑物;魅力,魔力
  • The Palace Museum is one of Taipei's greatest tourist attractions故宫博物院是台北最吸引人的观光胜地之一
  • One of the main attractions of the coastal city is its delicious seafood.那座滨海城市主要吸引人的东西之一是它的美味海鲜。
  • This therapy has one big attraction; it is painless.这疗法有一个很吸引人之处——它是不痛的。
  • Night life holds few attractions for me.夜生活对我来说没有几样吸引人的地方。

• ③ 【文法】牵引(受近旁的字语影响而引起的数、人称、格等的变化;如:[数、人称]Each of us have finished our homework.我们每一个人都做完了功课/[格]an old man whom I guessed was his father我猜是他父亲的一位老人)