attracted
past simple and past participle ofattract
| 单词 | attracted |
| 释义 | attracted past simple and past participle ofattract attract verb uk/əˈtrækt/us/əˈtrækt/B1[T] (ofpeople, things,places, etc.) topullordrawsomeone or something towards them, by thequalitiesthey have,especiallygoodones: Theseflowersarebrightlycolouredinorderto attractbutterflies. Thecircusis attractinghugecrowds/audiences. Thegovernmentistryingto attractindustrytothearea(= topersuadepeopletoplacetheirindustrythere). Herideashave attracted a lot ofattention/criticismin thescientificcommunity. B2[Tusually passive] If you are attracted by or to someone, you like them, oftenfindingthemsexuallyinteresting: Hetendsto be attractedtostrongwomen. I like him, but I'm notphysically/sexuallyattracted to him. [Tusually passive] If something attracts you, or you are attracted by it, you like it andfinditinteresting: Theideaofbecomingajournalistattracted her. Myparentswere attracted by the school'scurriculum, which putsequalemphasisonartistic,practical, andintellectualsubjects. What attracted youtothisrole? to draw your attention and interest you
physicsspecialized When something such as amagnetattracts somethingelse, itpullsit towards it: Magnets attractironfilings. Sincelighthas nomass, Newton'sequationpredictsthat it will not be attracted bygravitytowards anything.
Attracting and tempting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Physics: energy, force & power Examplesofattractedattracted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The cold fusion claims of 1989, in contrast,attractedcriticism that spilled over from the purely theoretic domain to the professional one. From theCambridge English Corpus This groupattractedsome attention because of the presence of women and a child. From theCambridge English Corpus With plantation land readily available, local capital was soonattractedto the region. From theCambridge English Corpus Only statements and conversations considered to be subversive or dangerousattractedthe attention of those in authority and came to be recorded via judicial processes. From theCambridge English Corpus The crimeattractedinterest and scandal and by the second half of the eighteenth century had established a strong hold over the public imagination. From theCambridge English Corpus Even so, out of a possible 77 instrumentalists and 93 pupils who enjoyed singing, the subject had onlyattracted22 potential candidates. From theCambridge English Corpus To the mid-1980s, the study of electronic musicattractedfew people in tertiary music departments. From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately, in most voluntary retrenchment exercises, it was usually the most able who left first,attractedby better opportunities and pay to non-state sectors. From theCambridge English Corpus For two or three years itattractedlarge numbers of adherents, but in 1908 was suppressed by the colonial administration and went into rapid decline. From theCambridge English Corpus Wages were high enough to support extensive families and maintain other dependants and the minesattractedambitious, hardworking village men. From theCambridge English Corpus However, those treatments containing high proportions of alfalfa alsoattractedhigher numbers of herbivorous keystone species. From theCambridge English Corpus This seemingly simple question hasattractedattention for quite a long time, and there are many different proposals for how to do so. From theCambridge English Corpus Its large teaching hospitalattractedmany of the inhabitants of the villages in the outlying areas to use its services. From theCambridge English Corpus Since then, it hasattractedmany groups of visitors and individual visitors. From theCambridge English Corpus We also hypothesized that insectivores increase their foraging from associating with the babblers, and would thus be mostattractedto babbler vocalizations. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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