
attend基本信息
读法:英 [ə"tend] 美 [ə"tɛnd]
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英英释义
Verb:
"I rarely attend services at my church"
"did you go to the meeting?"
"I must attend to this matter"
"She took care of this business"
"She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"
"Can you wait on our table, please?"
"Is a salesperson assisting you?"
"The minister served the King for many years"
"She hung on his every word"
"They attended to everything he said"
中英词源
attend 注意,出席
前缀at-同ad-. tend,倾向,朝向。指倾听,后指出席会议。
- attend
- attend: [13] Etymologically, attend means ‘stretch to’. It comes originally from Latin attendere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (a descendant of an Indo-European base *ten-, *ton- ‘stretch’ which also produced, among others, Latin tenēre ‘hold’ – source of English contain, maintain, obtain, etc – and English tendon, thin, and tone).
By metaphorical extension ‘stretch to’ became ‘direct one’s attention to’, which was the original meaning of the verb in Old French atendre and subsequently in English. The sense ‘take care of’ developed in the 15th century, ‘be present’ much later, in the 17th century. The noun derivative attention [14] comes from Latin attentiō. Tend meaning ‘look after’ comes mainly from attend, but also partly from intend, in both cases with loss of the first syllable.
=> contain, maintain, obtain, tendon, thin, tone - attend (v.)
- c. 1300, "to direct one"s mind or energies," from Old French atendre (12c., Modern French attendre) "to expect, wait for, pay attention," and directly from Latin attendere "give heed to," literally "to stretch toward," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + tendere "stretch" (see tenet). The notion is of "stretching" one"s mind toward something. Sense of "take care of, wait upon" is from early 14c. Meaning "to pay attention" is early 15c.; that of "to be in attendance" is mid-15c. Related: Attended; attending.
词态变化
第三人称单数 attends;
过去式 attended;
过去分词 attended;
现在分词 attending;
权威造句
- 1. Representatives from across the horse industry will attend the meeting.
- 整个赛马业的代表都将参加这次会议。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Syria will attend only if the negotiations deal with issues of substance.
- 只有在谈判涉及重大问题时叙利亚才会参加。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all home games together.
- 3个人都是切尔西队的球迷,一起观看了所有的主场比赛。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The president suggested that a UN observer should attend the conference.
- 总统建议联合国应派一名观察员参加本次会议。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The Syrians have not yet accepted an invitation to attend.
- 叙利亚人还没有接到出席邀请。
来自柯林斯例句
近反义词
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单词分析
这些动词均有“陪同,伴随”之意accompany既可指人也可指物。用于人时,侧重关系紧密或同时发生。
conduct无论用于人或物均指引导带领。
attend侧重主从关系,即下级对上级,学生对老师等,或表恭、服侍。
escort通常指用车或人在陆上伴随、护送,其目的是保护或出于礼节。 这些动词或词组均含“参加,加入”之意。
attend侧重参加或出席会议或学术活动等。
join普通用词,指加入党派、团体或游戏活动等。
participate正式用词,特指参加团体活动,暗示以一个积极的角色参加。
take part in侧重参加某项群众性、集体性的事业、工作或活动,突出参加者在其中发挥一定的作用。
记忆方法
1. at- "to" + tend-.
2. literally "stretch toward".
3. => give attention to, expect, wait for, pay attention, take care of, wait upon.
4. The notion is of "stretching" one"s mind toward something.
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