to advert to sth<正式>引起对…的注意;提及…
No one up to then had adverted publicly to the fact that the leader had a serious drink problem.到那时为止, 还没有人公开指出那个领导人有严重的酗酒问题。
Never by a word or a sign had she adverted to the misery of her condition.她从未以言行引人关注自己悲惨的境况。