This voyage effectively brought to the world's attention the potential role of nuclear-powered submarines.

=This voyage effectively brought the potential role of nuclear-powered submarines to the world's attention

=This voyage effectively brought the potential role of nuclear-powered submarines to the attention of the world

参考译文(1)：这次航行有效地引起了全世界的注意到核动力潜艇的潜在作用。

参考译文(2)：这次航行有效地使全世界的注意到了/关注到核动力潜艇的潜在作用。

请看下面2个结构，看懂了，上面句子结构也就懂了。

(1)bring sth to one's attention =bring sth to the attention of sb/sth=bring one's attention to sth使某人注意/关注某事

If we don't keep bringing this to the attention of the people, nothing will be done.

如果我们无法让群众一直关注此事，那将一事无成。

特别备注：当充当bring宾语的“sth”很长时，习惯于把“宾语sth”移到后面去，而且直接根介词短语to one's attention.

其结构为bring to one's attention+ something

A:宾语很短结构：bring sth to one's attention

B:宾语很长结构：bring to one's attention sth

(2)draw one's attention to sth 使某人注意/关注某事

We conclude by drawing attention to the issues around which the debate should focus.

我们作总结时着重提到了辩论应该关注的一些问题。

特别备注：以上句子“不存在省略形式it”的问题。