記者想寫一篇文章,以便引起公眾對那件事情的注意。

The journalist wanted to write an article that would draw public attention to the issue.

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Sentence Composition

1 記者 zhě reporter; journalist

classifier:

2 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
=3 xiě to write
=3 xiè used in 写意 xiè
4
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
5 piān
  1. sheet
  2. piece of writing
  3. bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
  4. classifier for written items: chapter, article
6 文章 wénzhāng
  1. article
  2. essay
  3. literary works
  4. writings
  5. hidden meaning

classifiers: , ,

7 以便 biàn
  1. so that
  2. so as to
  3. in order to
8 引起 yǐn to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
9 公眾 gōngzhòng public
10 duì
  1. right; correct
  2. towards; at; for
  3. concerning; regarding
  4. to treat (sb a certain way)
  5. to face
  6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching
  7. to match together; to adjust
  8. to fit; to suit
  9. to answer; to reply
  10. to add; to pour in (a fluid)
  11. to check; to compare
  12. classifier: couple; pair
=11 surname Na
=11 Nuó surname Nuo
=11 variant of
=11
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=11 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of nuó
12 jiàn
  1. item
  2. component
  3. classifier for events, things, clothes etc
13 事情 shìqing affair; matter; thing; business

classifiers: ,

=14 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=14 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=14 really and truly
=14 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
15 注意 zhù to take note of; to pay attention to