Attraction



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.吸引力
• ［英］ n.吸引力 ( power to attract; charm or fascination)
• ［类］ 反义词: repulsion ( 排斥, 厌恶)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. the act, process, or power of attracting
  • b. personal charm
• 2. the action or power of drawing forth a response ; an attractive quality
• 3. a force acting mutually between particles of matter, tending to draw them together, and resisting their separation
• 4. something that attracts or is intended to attract people by appealing to their desires and tastes coming attractions
• Synonyms:
  • attraction, affinity, sympathy mean the relationship existing between things or persons that are naturally or involuntarily drawn together. attraction implies the possession by one thing of a quality that pulls another to it felt an attraction to danger. affinity implies a susceptibility or predisposition on the part of the one drawnan affinity for mathematics. sympathy implies a reciprocal or natural relation between two things that are both susceptible to the same influencetwo minds in sympathy.

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