Attend
[ə'tend] or [ə'tɛnd]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) give heed (to); 'The children in the audience attended the recital quietly'; 'She hung on his every word'; 'They attended to everything he said'.
(verb.) be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; 'She attends class regularly'; 'I rarely attend services at my church'; 'did you go to the meeting?'.
(verb.) to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result; 'Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation'.
(verb.) take charge of or deal with; 'Could you see about lunch?'; 'I must attend to this matter'; 'She took care of this business'.
整理:马提--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.
(v. t.) To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.
(v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve.
(v. t.) To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects.
(v. t.) To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting.
(v. t.) To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
(v. i.) To apply the mind, or pay attention, with a view to perceive, understand, or comply; to pay regard; to heed; to listen; -- usually followed by to.
(v. i.) To accompany or be present or near at hand, in pursuance of duty; to be ready for service; to wait or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon.
(v. i.) (with to) To take charge of; to look after; as, to attend to a matter of business.
(v. i.) To wait; to stay; to delay.
錄入:米尔顿
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Accompany, escort, follow, go with, go along with, keep company with.[2]. Guard, watch, have in keeping.[3]. Serve, lackey, minister to, wait on, dance attendance on.[4]. Be present at.[5]. Await, be in store for, be ready for.
v. n. [1]. Listen, hearken, hear, give ear, pay attention.[2]. Tend, serve, wait, be attendant.
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同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Listen, heed, notice, observe, wait_on, serve, mind, watch, accompany, consort,follow, imply, involve
ANT:Wander, disregard, leave, forsake, abandon, desert, exclude, neutralize
校對:齐利格
解釋/意思:
v.t. to wait on or accompany: to be present at: to wait for: to give attention (with to).—v.i. to yield attention: to act as an attendant: to wait be consequent (with to on upon).—ns. Attend′ance act of attending: (B.) attention careful regard: presence: the persons attending; Attend′ancy (obs.) attendance a retinue: (obs.) relative position.—adj. Attend′ant giving attendance: accompanying.—n. one who attends or accompanies: a servant: what accompanies or follows: (law) one who owes a duty or service to another.—ns. Attend′er one who gives heed: a companion:—fem. Atten′dress; Attend′ment (Sir T. Browne) attention.—adj. Attent′ (Spens.) giving attention.—n. (Spens.) attention.—In attendance on waiting upon attending.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The rapidity with which he insisted on travelling, bred several disputes between him and the party whom he had hired to attend him as a guard. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The drone said unaffectedly, You will excuse me; I really cannot attend to the shop! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I left them still listening to him when I withdrew to attend to my new duties. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Hannah Brown will preside, and all are invited to attend. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Better employed than to attend to it,' said Mr Boffin. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Gurth thanked the Captain for his courtesy, and promised to attend to his recommendation. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- She made no reply--she seemed to be too much wrapped up in her own thoughts to attend to me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Her feelings were very acute, and too little understood to be properly attended to. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I did not like to work; but I did as much of it, while young, as grown men can be hired to do in these days, and attended school at the same time. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Adrian sat at the helm; I attended to the rigging, the breeze right aft filled our swelling canvas, and we ran before it over the untroubled deep. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The one missent must first be attended to; it had been written five days ago. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- They are attended with thick clouds and rain. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- All advances into the city were thus attended with much danger. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- These articles were brought to me by Skyresh Bolgolam in person attended by two under-secretaries, and several persons of distinction. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- I was attending a little patient in the college near, said he, and saw it dropped out of his chamber window, and so came to pick it up. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- In a narrative not intended to be strictly technical, it would probably tire the reader to follow this material in detail through the numerous steps attending the magnetic separation. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I had also sometimes the honour of attending my master in his visits to others. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Or why had not she rather gone to her own room, as she had felt to be safest, instead of attending the rehearsal at all? 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Harriet was to sit again the next day; and Mr. Elton, just as he ought, entreated for the permission of attending and reading to them again. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- In attending to your interests, I wish to have all possible checks upon me; it is right that I should have them; I court inquiry. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Attending court the other day--I attend it regularly, with my documents--I taxed him with it, and he almost confessed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- We need no other explication of that esteem, which attends such of the natural virtues, as have a tendency to the public good. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- But this accounts not sufficiently for the satisfaction, which attends riches. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- It was less of her I would speak, said he, than of Prince John; and I would fain know somewhat of a faithful squire, and why he now attends me not? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- To all this, Mr Venus, with his shock of dusty hair cocked after the manner of a terrier's ears, attends profoundly. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- You'll find my terms very cheap and reasonable, and no man attends more to his clients than I do, and I hope I know a little of my profession besides. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Who attends to them? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The same imperfection attends our ideas of the Deity; but this can have no effect either on religion or morals. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
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