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| 1 | U the interest or thought you give to something you are listening to or watching 注意力 |
| The speaker was dull and their attention soon wandered. 演讲者的演讲很乏味，所以他们很快就走神了。 |
| May I please have your attention? 请大家注意！ |
| turn your attention to sth It’ s time now to turn our attention to the committee’ s recommendations. 现在该把我们的注意力转向委员会的建议了。 |
| undivided/full attention Please give the demonstration your undivided attention. 请你们专心注意示范。 |
| hold/keep your attention The conversation failed to hold my attention. 谈话的时候我没能全神贯注。 |
| | 1a | interest , especially interest that the public has in a person , event , situation etc 公众的注意力；关注 | | Recent violence has focused attention on the issue of racism. 近期的暴力使公众的注意力集中于种族主义问题。 | | He avoided publicity and disliked the attention his acting brought him. 他处事低调，不喜欢让自己的行为引起公众的注意。 | | divert/distract attention from sth They engineered a news story to divert attention from the scandal. 他们策划了一个新闻故事以转移人们对丑闻的注意力。 | | catch sb’ s attention What first caught my attention was his voice. 首先吸引我注意力的是他的声音。 | |
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| 2 | U the fact that you notice something , often something that causes problems 注意；留心 |
| It had escaped my attention at the time. 它那时逃过了我的注意。 |
| sth comes to sb’ s attention I followed up his request the moment it came to my attention. 从他的要求引起我注意的那一刻开始，我就采取了适当的行动。 |
| draw (sb’ s) attention to sth I have been asked to draw your attention to the following matters. 有人要求我让你注意以下事情。 |
| bring sth to sb’ s attention a campaign to bring human rights abuses to the government’ s attention 一场让践踏人权的行为引起政府关注的运动 |
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| 3 | U special care , help , or treatment for someone or something 特别的关照；照料 |
| As the sixth of ten children, he never received much attention. 作为10个孩子中的第6个，他从未得到过太多的关照。 |
| Your letter will receive immediate attention. 您的来信将马上获得答复。 |
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| 4 | U if people in the armed forces stand to attention or stand at attention , they stand straight with their feet together to show respect or to receive orders 立正姿势 |
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| 5 | attentions plural behaviour that shows someone that you love them or that you take a lot of interest in them 殷勤 |
| I was flattered by her kind attentions. 我对她善意的殷勤很满意。 |
| She had to deal with the unwelcome attentions of a drunk. 她得对付一个醉鬼讨厌的殷勤。 |
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| - | attract (sb’ s) attention
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| to make someone notice someone or something |
| 吸引（某人的）注意 |
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| He waved to attract the attention of the waitress. 他招手以引起女服务员的注意。 |
| The trial has attracted international attention. 这次审判引起了国际关注。 |
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| - | for the attention of sb
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| used on a business letter to show that you intend it for a particular person |
| 以交给某人阅读（用于商务信件中） |
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| Mark the report for the attention of the headmaster. 在报告上作记号交给校长审阅。 |
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| - | payattention
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| to listen to , watch , or consider something or someone very carefully |
| 注意；留心 |
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| I hope you’ re paying attention, because you’ ll be tested later. 我希望你们注意听，因为之后要测试。 |
| +to Pay particular attention to the warnings printed on the label. 要特别注意印在标签上的警示。 |
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