attract: [15] Etymologically, attract means literally ‘pull something towards one’. It comes from attract-, the past participial stem of the Latin verb attrahere, a compound formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and the verb trahere ‘pull’. It was quite a late formation, of around the mid 15th century, coined on the model of other English verbs, such as abstract and contract, deriving ultimately from Latin trahere. => abstract, contract, retract, subtract
attract (v.)
early 15c., from Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere "to draw, pull; to attract," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + trahere "draw" (see tract (n.1)).
Originally a medical term for the body's tendency to absorb fluids, nourishment, etc., or for a poultice treatment to "draw out" diseased matter (1560s). Of the ability of people or animals to draw others to them, it is attested from 1560s; of physical forces (magnetism, etc.), from c. 1600 (implied in attraction). Related: Attracted; attracting.
例文
1. He had unmistakably been waving his flag to attract the referee 's attention.
彼は明らかに旗を振って主審の注意を引いている。
2.Russia 's efforts to attract investment have been halting and confused.ロシアは投資誘致に躊躇しており、混乱している。
3.Airlines should stand or fall on their ability to attract passengers.
航空会社の成否は、乗客を引き付ける能力にかかっているはずです。
4.The Party has been unable to attract upwardly mobile voters.
同党は、より高い社会的地位を求める有権者を引き付けることができなかった。
5.The salt marshes and mud flats attract large numbers of waterfowl.