E.关注与忽略 - 注意/不注意/引起注意 E30-36

吸引注意

• attract/draw/catch/win/claim one's attention to
• bring sth. to one's attention
• Her curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute.
• hold one's interest
• absorb ones attention
• develop ... following
• Comedy tends to develop strong cult followings.
• keep .... returning to
• She composed piano music of her own and later championed the work of Brahms, whose small piano works like the three Intermezzi, Op. 117 often have the kind of complexity that keeps performers and listeners returning to them for many years.

转移注意力

• turn one's attention to
• New York Fashion Week turned its full attention to details as Oscar de la Renta
  unveiled elaborate embroideries on his designs for spring 2006
• divert/deflect one's attention/interest from... to ...
• "While a merged FEMA might become highly adept at preparing for and responding to terrorism, it would likely become less effective in performing its current mission in case of natural disasters as time, effort and attention are inevitably diverted to other tasks within the larger organization."

没注意

• get unnoticed
• Unfortunately, the obvious logical flaws in the "evidence" remained unnoticed by both mainstream AIDS scientists and their opponents
• be oblivious to the fact that
• Oblivious to students' tired eyes and stifled yawns, the knowledgeable one delivers her monologue.
• I was raging Shakespeare to the nymphs and dryads while the guy next to me was contemplating running through the yard to the bridge, oblivious to the fact that the wind gusts could actually pick him up and toss him to his death.
• Doctors who prescribe stimulant drugs often seem oblivious to the fact that they
  can cause psychoses,
• I am not oblivious to the fact that we were attacked and that thousands of
  Americans were murdered on Sept. 11, 2001.