attend
- v.出席;参加;注意;专心;随同;经常去，定期去(某处);伴随发生
过去式： attended 现在分词： attending 过去分词： attended 第三人称单数： attends
at- 加强 + tend 伸展
attendverb
出席；参加
to be present at an event
The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders.
90%的股东出席了会议。
to attend a wedding/funeral
参加婚礼 / 葬礼
We'd like as many people as possible to attend.
我们希望出席的人越多越好。
经常去，定期去（某处）
to go regularly to a place
Our children attend the same school.
我们的孩子上同一所学校。
How many people attend church every Sunday?
每个星期天有多少人去教堂？
注意；专心
to pay attention to what sb is saying or to what you are doing
She hadn't been attending during the lesson.
上课时她一直不专心。
伴随发生
to happen at the same time as sth
She dislikes the loss of privacy that attends TV celebrity.
她不喜欢成为电视名人后随之失去个人隐私。
随同；陪同
to be with sb and help them
The President was attended by several members of his staff.
总统有几名幕僚随从。
处理；对付；照料；关怀
to deal with sb/sth; to take care of sb/sth
I have some urgent business to attend to.
我有一些急事要处理。
A nurse attended to his needs constantly.
有一位护士经常照料他的需要。
Are you being attended to, Sir? (= for example, in a shop)
先生，有人接待你吗？
attend
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VERB 出席；参加
If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.Thousands of people attended the funeral...
数千人参加了葬礼。
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VERB 去（学校、教堂等）；上（学）
If you attend an institution such as a school, college, or church, you go there regularly.They attended college together at the University of Pennsylvania.
他们一起就读于宾夕法尼亚大学。
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VERB 处理，料理（事情）；照顾，护理（受伤的人）
If you attend to something, you deal with it. If you attend to someone who is hurt or injured, you care for them.The staff will helpfully attend to your needs...
工作人员会帮忙满足您的需求。
verb
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- give heed (to)
- The children in the audience attended the recital quietly
- She hung on his every word
- They attended to everything he said
- Synonym: hang advert pay heed give ear
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- work for or be a servant to
- May I serve you?
- 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
- Synonym: serve attend to wait on assist
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- take charge of or deal with
- Could you see about lunch?
- I must attend to this matter
- She took care of this business
- Synonym: take care look see
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- 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?
- Synonym: go to
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- to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result
- Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation
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We 'd like as many people as possible to attend .
我们希望出席的人越多越好。
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It is important that he should attend every day .
他每天都要出席，这很重要。
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It is important for him to attend every day .
他每天都要出席，这很重要。
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Please let us know if you cannot attend the meeting .
你若不能参加会议，请通知我们。
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It would be to your advantage to attend this meeting .
参加这次会议会对你有利。
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Children must attend school between the ages of 5 and 16 .
5到16岁的孩子必须上学。
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The students all attended , bar two who were ill .
除了两名生病，所有的学生都到了。
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For certain personal reasons I shall not be able to attend .
由于某种个人原因，我将不能出席。
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How many people attend church every Sunday ?
每个星期天有多少人去教堂？
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Our children attend the same school .
我们的孩子上同一所学校。
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I have some urgent business to attend to .
我有一些急事要处理。
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200 attended , as opposed to 300 the previous year .
出席的有200人，而前一年是300人。
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She was unable to attend because of the pressures of work .
由于工作紧张她不能出席。
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Any event attended by the actor received widespread media coverage .
这位演员参加任何一项活动，都引起媒体的广泛关注。
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Unfortunately , I won 't be able to attend the meeting .
真可惜我不能参加这次会议。
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She asked for leave of absence to attend a funeral .
她请了假去参加葬礼。
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I was unable to attend because of a previous engagement .
我因有约在先，无法出席。
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The list of delegates attending read like a who 's who of the business world .
与会代表名单读起来像个商界名人录。
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A family bereavement meant that he could not attend the conference .
他家里有人去世了，所以不能出席会议。
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The meeting was attended by 90 % of shareholders .
90%的股东出席了会议。
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Over a thousand people braved the elements to attend the march .
一千多人不顾天气恶劣参加了游行。
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Which school do they attend ?
他们上的是哪一所学校？
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Some people are unwilling to attend the classes partly because of the cost involved .
有些人不愿来上课，部分原因是所需的费用问题。
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All the local clergy were asked to attend the ceremony .
所有当地的圣职人员都获邀参加这项仪式。
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The conference was attended by delegates from 56 countries .
此次会议有来自56个国家的代表出席。
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The funeral was attended by her immediate family only .
只有她的直系亲属参加了葬礼。
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No one was prepared to forgo their lunch hour to attend the meeting .
谁都不愿意放弃午餐时间出席会议。
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The numbers attending fell short of expectations .
出席的人数比预期的要少。
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She will be unable to attend because of a prior engagement .
因事先有别的安排，她将不能出席。
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A nurse attended to his needs constantly .
有一位护士经常照料他的需要。
普通用词，多强调陪伴者与被陪伴者之间关系密切，也指某事物与另一事物同时发生或存在。
He accompanied her to the door.
他陪着她走向门口。
The rain was accompanied by wind.
风雨交加。
多指下级、仆人陪伴上级、主人，也可以表示某事伴随另一事而发生。
The king was attended by his courtiers.
国王有几名侍臣随从。
Do you have a sense of the peculiar atmosphere which attends such an event?
你有没有感觉到伴随这类事件的怪异气氛？
指在保护下经由水路护送，其对象通常为物。
The carrier was convoyed by four warships.
航母由4艘战舰护航。
The warship convoyed the oil tanker through the Indian Ocean.
战舰护卫着油轮驶过印度洋。
指在保护下经由陆路护送，其对象通常为人。
Who would like to escort her home?
谁愿意护送她回家？
The bodyguard escorted the boss home.
保镖护送老板回家。
指参与某活动或事件，含积极、主动之意，常后接介词 in。
The girls in his class are willing to participate in the dancing party.
他班上的女生们很乐意参加这次舞会。
Who will participate in these discussions?
谁将参与这些讨论？
多指出席会议、参加学术活动、听课等。
How many people attended the meeting?
多少人出席了会议？
She didn't explain why she was unable to attend.
她没解释不能出席的原因。
指做某事或参与某项活动，常后接介词 in/on/upon。
Nowadays, office workers rarely engage in regular exercise.
现在，上班族很少定期进行锻炼。
Due to some historical and practical reasons, the two parties engaged upon an escalating political struggle.
由于一些历史和现实原因，两党陷入了日益加剧的政治斗争。
Despite his illness, he remained actively engaged in translating documents.
虽然生病了，他还是积极地参与文件的翻译。
指加入组织、团体等，也指与他人一同做某事，或去某人那里与其呆在一起或做某事。
He has made up his mind to join the army.
他决意去参军。
She joined the Labour Party in April.
她4月份加入了工党。
Many have joined the campaign to end gender discrimination.
很多人参与了禁止性别歧视的运动。
His wife moved in to join him in their new home.
他妻子搬来和他在新家共同生活。
指参加集体性的活动。
The majority of the students who took part in the protest came from the same school.
大部分参加抗议的学生来自同一所学校。
He always takes an active part in politics.
他总是积极参与政治活动。
指照看人、动物或事物（用于此义时有过时之嫌），通常后接介词 to。
Mary is tending to her son in the bedroom.
玛丽正在卧室照料她的儿子。
The shepherd is tending to his sheep.
牧羊人在看管他的羊群。
Who will tend to the garden while we are on vacation?
我们休假期间谁照料花园?
尤指照顾病人、处理伤口等，强调具有专业技能和责任心，常用被动语态。
The patients were well attended to in the hospital.
病人在医院受到很好的照顾。
She was attended by Dr. Brown.
她由布朗医生照料。
Their wounds had been attended before the men were brought here.
伤员在送来这里之前，伤口已得到了处理。
指短期地照看某物，或父母不在时帮忙照料其孩子。
Will you mind my suitcase while I go to buy my ticket?
我去买票，你照看一下我的行李箱好吗？
Linda promised to mind the baby while we go out.
琳达答应在我们外出时帮我们看孩子。
My daughter minds the neighbour's child for a small fee.
我女儿替邻居照看小孩，小有报酬。
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