Governments have realised they can lure investment with lower tax rates.
lure最基本的意思是引诱、诱惑,
而且通常是引诱某人去做一些不好的事情,
比如烟草公司试图诱惑人们吸烟,就可以说
the company tries to lure people in to smoking。
当然也可以表示单纯的吸引,一般是吸引顾客,资金,人才等等。
比如its difficult to lure the talents away from China,
意思就是想要吸引人才离开中国是很困难的,
如果想回避诱惑这样的倾向,
有一个正面客观的近义词,attract比较中性,
He was nice looking, but I wasn't deeply attracted to him.
他长得很帅,可我对他不是很有感觉。
原文中的路investment就是政府想要吸引的投资
they can lure investment with lower tax rate,
他们可以通过更低的税率来吸引投资。
除了以上lure 还有3个近义词:
appeal v. 有吸引力 @ The design appeals to all ages这种设计吸引各个年龄段的人。
charm v. 迷住,吸引 @ They were charmed by the hospitality of the local people.他们被当地人的好客吸引住了。
fascinate v. 使着迷,吸引住 @ This kind of movie has always fascinated him这类电影总是使他着迷。
记忆技巧:at 表加强 + tract 拉 → 不断拉〔眼球〕→ 吸引
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