[mass noun]the action or power of evoking interest, pleasure, or liking for someone or something 吸引;吸引力;诱惑力 she has very romantic ideas about sexual attraction. 她对性诱惑抱有浪漫幻想。 the timeless attraction of a good tune. 一支优美曲调所具有的永恒魅力。 ■[count noun]a quality or feature that evokes interest, liking, or desire 具有吸引力的品质(或特征) this reform has many attractions for those on the left. 这项改革有许多吸引左翼分子的地方。 ■[count noun]a thing or place which draws visitors by providing something of interest or pleasure 吸引游客的事物(或地方) the church is the town's main tourist attraction. 那座教堂是这个镇上的主要旅游景点。 ■(Physics)a force under the influence of which objects tend to move towards each other (物理)引力 gravitational attraction. 万有引力。 ■(Grammar)the influence exerted by one word on another which causes it to change to an incorrect form, e.g the wages of sin is (for are) death (语法)(错误的)形态同化
语源
late Middle English (denoting the action of a poultice in drawing matter from the tissues): from Latin attractio(n-), from the verb attrahere (see attract)