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单词 attendant
释义 at·tend·ant
I. \əˈtendənt\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French atendant, present participle of atendre
1. : accompanying, waiting upon, or following in order to perform service
 < the defensive responsibilities of the fleet's attendant aircraft — S.L.A.Marshall >
— often used with on or upon
 < Cherub and Seraph … attendant on their Lord — John Milton >
2. law : owing duty or service : depending — used with on or to
 < the widow attendant to the heir >
3. : accompanying, connected with, or immediately following as consequential : consequent
 < a community fight against … the attendant theft problems so often found where drug traffic is heavy — John Egerton >
 < the relentless rains and their attendant evils — J.W.Berry >
— often used with on or upon
 < the disadvantages attendant upon being jealous — F.R.Leavis >
II. noun
(-s)
1. law : one owing duty or service to or depending on another
2. : one who attends or accompanies another in order to render a service (as a companion, servant, keeper, or agent)
 < the bride's attendants at the wedding >
 < ward attendants in a hospital >
especially : an employee who waits on customers
 < a gasoline-station attendant >
3. : something that accompanies as a circumstance : accompaniment, concomitant
 < the love of luxury and its literary and artistic attendantsEncyc. Americana >
4. : one who is present on a given occasion or at a given place
 < attendants at the festival >
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