Attraction
[ə'trækʃ(ə)n] or [ə'trækʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; 'her personality held a strange attraction for him'.
(noun.) a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; 'flowers are an attractor for bees'.
(noun.) an entertainment that is offered to the public.
(noun.) the force by which one object attracts another.
校对:洛丽塔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.
(n.) The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction.
(n.) The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence.
(n.) That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.
编辑:沃伦
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Attracting, drawing.[2]. Allurement, lure, fascination, charm, enticement, witchery, attractiveness.
校对:普拉特
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Inducement, influence, adduction, inclination, disposition, charm, beauty,allurement
ANT:Repulsion, disinclination, aversion, indisposition, deformity, repugnance
迪克整理
例句:
- Everything that arose before his mind drifted him on, faster and faster, more and more steadily, to the terrible attraction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Ursula had apprehended him with a fine FRISSON of attraction. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The influence of the fresh air, and the attraction of some flowers gathered from a grave, soon quieted the child. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- There is no apparent relation between effects so dissimilar; yet the steps of progress can be distinctly traced, from the attraction of a feather to the development of the electric telegraph. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Ah, it is I who am the attraction—not Melnos! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- With Peter the Great (1682-1725) the empire of Muscovy broke away from her Tartar traditions and entered the sphere of French attraction. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- John Baptist rose and moved towards it, as if it had a good attraction for him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- The presence of soft iron within the armature (Section 296) causes greater attraction between the armature and the outside magnet, and hence greater force of motion. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Seeing that the prisoner seemed the center of attraction I halted to view the proceedings. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- What, then, would be the orbit of a planet under a central attraction varying as the inverse square of the distance? 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- After the first century B.C. the line of greater attraction and least resistance lay for a time towards the north of the Caspian. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Highbury, that airy, cheerful, happy-looking Highbury, would be his constant attraction. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- In that county there was enough to be seen to occupy the chief of their three weeks; and to Mrs. Gardiner it had a peculiarly strong attraction. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- I suspect that the real attraction was a large library of fine books, which was left to dust and spiders since Uncle March died. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- All Jos's blood tingled with delight, as he surveyed this victim to his attractions. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- At your age, and with your attractions, is it possible for you to sentence yourself to a single life? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- To have resisted such attractions, to have withstood such tenderness! 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- How much share have the attractions of Nature ever had in the pleasurable or painful interests and emotions of ourselves or our friends? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- For Edison, in spite of the achievement with which its name will forever be connected, it had lost all its attractions and all its possibilities. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- It had given them a child; but it had not detracted from the personal attractions of my sister. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The remark being made to me in consequence of my being next him as we walked, I assented and enumerated its chief attractions. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The Glacier National Park is the latest addition to the series of great natural attractions which the United States Government has been acquiring for years. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He is ceremonious, stately, most polite on every occasion to my Lady, and holds her personal attractions in the highest estimation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- You use the word, ma'am, I have myself used,' said Rokesmith, with a glance at Bella, 'when you speak of Miss Wilfer's attractions there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I should have thought those larger windows of the drawing-room and dining-room would have had more attractions for him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- And it is not worth while to forsake justice and virtue for the attractions of poetry, any more than for the sake of honour or wealth. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- The accidents of the morning had helped his frustrated imagination to shape an employment for himself which had several attractions. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- And yet a married woman, possessing your attractions, shuts her eyes (and sparklers too), and goes and runs her delicate-formed head against a wall. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- That pretty little village offered at the moment many attractions as a possible Chicago. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
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