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单词 attend
释义 at·tend
\əˈtend also aˈ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere to stretch, apply the mind to, from ad- + tendere to stretch — more at thin
transitive verb
1. : to direct the attention to : fix the mind upon : give heed to : listen to
 < attend the warning of the soothsayer >
 < attend my words >
2. : to look after : take charge of : watch over the working of
 < the prisoners were attended by guards >
3. archaic
 a. : to wait for
  < three days I promised to attend my doom — John Dryden >
 b. : to be in store for
  < the state that attends all men after this — John Locke >
4. : to go or stay with as a companion, nurse, or servant : visit professionally as a physician : accompany in order to do service : escort : wait on
 < fawning ministers who attend the king >
5. obsolete : to follow up : conjoin, associate
6. : to be present with : accompany : be united or consequent to
 < the immense amount of work that has attended the creation of these lists — C.C.Fries & A.A.Traver >
 < what cares must then attend the toiling swain — John Dryden >
7. : to be present at : go to
 < attend a meeting >
 < attend college >
intransitive verb
1. : to direct one's energies : apply oneself
 < attend to your work >
 < attend strictly to business >
2. : to apply the mind or pay attention with a view to perceiving, understanding, or complying : pay regard : heed, listen — usually followed by to
 < one is lucky to meet six or seven people who know how to attend; the rest have fidgety ears — J.M.Barzun >
 < attend to the voice of my supplications — Ps 86:6(Authorized Version) >
3. : to be present or near at hand in pursuance of duty
 < the good lord was dismissed, and has not attended in the drawing room since — Mary W. Montagu >
: be ready for service : wait or be in waiting — often used with on or upon
 < ministers who attend upon the king >
4. obsolete : wait, stay, delay — often used with for
5. : to direct one's care : see — used with to
 < producers should attend to the following important aspects of marketing — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) >
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