| 单词 | attend |
| 释义 | attend (once / 20 pages) v The verb attend means to be present, to listen, or give care or attention to. You can attend your family reunion, attend to a project you've been ignoring, or attend to your teacher's voice. When you use attend as "pay attention" or "take care of," it's followed by "to." When you use attend as in "attend a party," you don't. If you attend a political rally, you'll want to attend to what the politicians have to say. When you take attendance, you are checking which students have chosen to attend class, i.e. who is in attendance. WORD FAMILYattend: attendance, attendant, attended, attender, attending, attends, attention, attentive+/attendance: attendances, nonattendance/attendant: attendants/attended: unattended/attender: attenders, nonattender/attention: attentional, attentions, inattention/attentive: attentively, attentiveness, inattentive/inattention: inattentions/inattentive: inattentively, inattentiveness USAGE EXAMPLESOne of the highlights of the holiday season for me was attending the “It’s a Wonderful Life” Festival in Seneca Falls, New York. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The UK government's lack of support for start-ups attending the CES tech show is a "source of embarrassment", according to the event's organiser. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) That year, her first Oscars season, Ms. Bening playfully deflected personal questions about her budding romance and attended the ceremony with her parents. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc. She attends class regularly I rarely attend services at my church Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper go to miss fail to attend an event or activity sit in attend as a visitor worshipattend religious services offer, offer uppresent as an act of worship be occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere 2v give heed (to) The children in the audience attended the recital quietly They attended to everything he said Syn|Hypo|Hyper advert, give ear, hang, pay heed fixate pay attention to exclusively and obsessively listen hear with intention 3v to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation Hyper accompany, attach to, come with, go with be present or associated with an event or entity 4v take charge of or deal with I must attend to this matter Syn|Hypo|Hyper look, see, take care minister attend to the wants and needs of others tendhave care of or look after gardenwork in the garden shepherdtend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats care, give care provide care for 5v work for or be a servant to She attends the old lady in the wheelchair Syn|Hypo|Hyper assist, attend to, serve, wait on serve devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas valet serve as a personal attendant to fagact as a servant for older boys, in British public schools aid, assist, help give help or assistance; be of service |
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