lure, weird, stair, result in sth, without result,

Fitness: Making Stairs a Lure for Exercise

By ERIC NAGOURNEY

Researchers are urging building designers to rethink their approach to stairs to encourage people to use them more.

Recruiters Use Search Engines to Lure Job Hunters

Companies have long used search-engine marketing to lure online consumers. Now they're looking to draw job hunters the same way.

“It’s just weird to win,” she said after being awarded a dictionary, $100 savings bond, Amazon.com gift card and trophy. Monica will travel May 26-28 to ...


Harry’s weird psychic connection with Voldemort (symbolized by the lightning-bolt forehead scar he bears as a result of the Dark Lord’s attack on him as a baby) seems to have grown stronger too, giving him clues to Voldemort’s actions and whereabouts, even as it lures him ever closer to the dark side.
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The Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista is planning a 5.59 billion real ($3.37 billion) initial public offering of OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes, betting the country's recent oil finds will lure investors who snubbed other offerings this year. Mr. Batista founded Rio de Janeiro-based OGX less than a year ago.
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result

Syllabification: (re·sult)

Pronunciation: /riˈzəlt/

noun

• a consequence, effect, or outcome of something:the tower collapsed as a result of safety violations
• an item of information obtained by experiment or some other scientific method; a quantity or formula obtained by calculation.
• (often results) a final score, mark, or placing in a sporting event or examination.
• (often results) a satisfactory or favorable outcome of an undertaking or contest:determination and persistence guarantee results
• (usually results) the outcome of a business’s trading over a given period, expressed as a statement of profit or loss:oil companies have reported markedly better results

verb

[no object]

• occur or follow as the consequence of something:government unpopularity resulting from the state of the economy (as adjective resulting)talk of a general election and the resulting political uncertainty
• (result in) have (a specified end or outcome):talks in July had resulted in stalemate  /result in something：慣用語，導致（出某事）。例句：All my efforts resulted in nothing at all.（我的一切努力卻未獲致任何成果。）

Phrases

without result

in vain:Danny had inquired about getting work, without result

weird 
adjective
very strange and unusual, unexpected or not natural:
He was sitting alone by a window with a weird contraption on the bench in front of him.
Her boyfriend's a bit weird but she's all right.
That's weird - I thought I'd left my keys on the table but they're not there.
There is nothing to rival the weird and wonderful things that come out on the streets at carnival time.

Slang. To experience or cause to experience an odd, unusual, and sometimes uneasy sensation. Often used with out.



weirdly 
adverb

weirdness 
noun [U]

weirdo 
noun [C] plural weirdos INFORMAL DISAPPROVING
a person who behaves strangely:
What did he mean by that? Weirdo!

lure Show phonetics
noun
1 [C usually singular] the quality or power that something or someone has that makes them attractive:
the lure of fame/power/money

2 [C] an artificial insect or other small animal which is put on the end of a fishing line to attract fish

lure Show phonetics
verb [T]
to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting:
She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary.
He had lured his victim to a deserted house.
Supermarket chains try to lure customers with price discounts.