| 单词 | attractive |
| 释义 | attractive (once / 236 pages) adj Anybody or anything that's attractive is visually pleasing or draws you in. Being attractive has to do with attracting others, one way or another. If you're talking about a magnet, that's a literal, physical kind of attraction. For people, being attractive usually means you're beautiful or handsome enough to pull in the attention of others. But having a great personality or a good job are attractive traits, too. If someone offered to give you something valuable for a good price, you could also say, "That's an attractive offer" — meaning it's tempting. WORD FAMILYattractive: attractively, attractiveness, unattractive+/attract: attractable, attracted, attracter, attracting, attraction, attractive, attractor, attracts/attracter: attracters/attraction: attractions, counterattraction/attractor: attractors/unattractive: unattractively, unattractiveness USAGE EXAMPLES“There’s this age thing about me being so young, and I think there was something about Layla being so attractive,” he told Sports Illustrated. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Washington in the earlier, less attractive programming slot on Saturday. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) I soon found myself in Ponsonby Central, an attractive indoor/outdoor market that features restaurants, cafes and shops. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm a remarkably attractive young man an attractive personality attractive clothes a book with attractive illustrations Syn|Ant bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating capturing interest as if by a spell charismatic, magneticpossessing an extraordinary ability to attract cunning, cuteattractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness dinky(British informal) pretty and neat engaging, piquantattracting or delighting fetching, taking, winningvery attractive; capturing interest glossy, showysuperficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbindingattracting and holding interest as if by a spell irresistibleoverpoweringly attractive personable(of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality photogeniclooking attractive in photographs prepossessingcreating a favorable impression winsomecharming in a childlike or naive way beautifuldelighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration invitingattractive and tempting pleasinggiving pleasure and satisfaction seductivetending to entice into a desired action or state unattractive lacking beauty or charm homely, plainlacking in physical beauty or proportion subfuscdevoid of brightness or appeal unprepossessing, unpresentablecreating an unfavorable or neutral first impression uglydispleasing to the senses uninvitingneither attractive nor tempting unseductivenot seductive 2adj having power to arouse interest an attractive opportunity the job is attractive because of the pay Syn appealing able to attract interest or draw favorable attention 3adj having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull an attractive force Ant repulsive possessing the ability to repel |
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