| 短语 | attract / catch / get sb's attention |
| 释义 | attract / catch / get sb's attention to make someone notice you, especially because you want to speak to them or you need their help吸引/引起/得到某人的注意:•She waved to attract the attention of the waitress.她挥手想引起服务员的注意。b. get attention to make someone notice you and be interested in what you are doing引人注目:•Children often misbehave in order to get attention.小孩子捣蛋经常是想引起注意。c. draw / call attention to sth also focus attention on sth to make people notice and be concerned or think about something使人们关注某事:•The purpose of the article was to draw attention to the problems faced by single parents.这篇文章的目的是让人们关注单身父母面临的问题。•We wanted to focus public attention on this matter.我们想让公众关注这件事。•He left quietly to avoid drawing attention to himself.他悄悄地走了，以避免引起别人的注意。d. divert / distract / draw attention from sth to make people stop being concerned about something such as a social problem转移人们对某事的注意力:•All this talk of war is just an attempt to draw attention away from the serious economic problems that face our country.这一切有关战争的讨论只是为了把人们的注意力从我们国家面临的严重经济问题上转移开去。e. bring sth to sb's attention to tell someone, especially someone in authority, about something such as a problem使某事引起某人注意:•The matter was first brought to my attention earlier this year.今年的早些时候，这个问题第一次引起了我的注意。f. come to sb's attention if something such as a problem comes to the attention of someone in authority, they find out about it吸引某人的注意力:•It came to my attention that Jenny was claiming overtime pay for hours she had not worked.我发现珍妮没有加班却在申请加班费。g. escape your attention if something escaped your attention, you did not notice it躲过你的注意力:•This fact had not escaped the attention of the authorities.这个事实没能逃过当局的眼睛。 |
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