Stories about people often attract far more public attention than political events.
常人軼事往往比政治事件更能引起公眾注意。
新概念英語第三冊 Lesson 45 The power of the press

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people ['pipl] 詞頻1 詞根: 公眾
n. 人,人類;居民;人民;種族; vt. 居住于,布滿;使住滿人,在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義:populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反義:person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
attract [?'tr?kt] 詞頻1 詞根: tract
vt. 吸引;誘惑;引起…的好感(或興趣); vi. 具有吸引力;引人注意;
?? at一再+tract拉→拉過來→吸引
"If you want to attract more customers, try advertising in the local paper."
如果你要吸引更多顧客,就試試在當地報紙登廣告。
近義:magnetize, beckon, bewitch, beguile, enthral, captivate 反義:loathe, rebuff, recant, reject, repudiate, repulse
public ['p?bl?k] 詞頻1 詞根: popul
adj. 公眾的,公共的;公開的;政府的;人人知道的,知名的; n. 大眾;社會;公共場所;(文學家等的)愛讀者;
?? publ人民+ic...的 → 公開的,公眾的
"The public are requested not to throw waste paper in the park."
公眾被要求不得在公園里亂扔廢紙.
近義:assistance, attendance, audience, turnout, concurrence, concurrency 反義:participator, plaintiff, sharer, actor, inside, noteworthy
attention [?'t?n??n] 詞頻1 詞根: tend
n. 注意,注意力;照料,關懷;殷勤; int. [口令]立正;
?? at向+tent延伸+ion表名詞 →伸展出去聽別人講 →注意力
"He nodded absently, his attention absorbed by the screen."
他專心注視著屏幕,只是心不在焉地點了點頭。
近義:heedfulness, application, industriousness, intentness, interest, mindfulness 反義:apathy, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, indolence, lassitude
political [p?'l?t?kl] 詞頻1 詞根: popul
adj. 政治的;政黨的;對政治有興趣的;
?? polit 國家,城市 + ical ...的 → a.政治的,政治上的
"People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city."
人們從城市的四面八方涌向這次政治集會.

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