attend
verb /əˈtend/
/əˈtend/
动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they attend | /əˈtend/ /əˈtend/ |
| he / she / it attends | /əˈtendz/ /əˈtendz/ |
| past simple attended | /əˈtendɪd/ /əˈtendɪd/ |
| past participle attended | /əˈtendɪd/ /əˈtendɪd/ |
| -ing form attending | /əˈtendɪŋ/ /əˈtendɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (rather formal) to be present at an event
出席；参加 - We'd like as many people as possible to attend.
我们希望出席的人越多越好。 - attend something The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders.
90% 的股东出席了会议。 - to attend a wedding/funeral/service/ceremony
参加婚礼/葬礼/仪式/典礼 - Everyone is welcome to attend the free event.
欢迎大家参加免费活动。 - All members are requested to attend this meeting.
请所有成员参加这次会议。 - 5,000 people from around the world were invited to attend the conference.
来自世界各地的5000人被邀请参加会议。
Topics Working lifea2- He was invited to attend a seminar in Paris.
他获邀到巴黎参加研讨会。 - Her lectures were generally rather sparsely attended.
她的讲座一般很少有人去听。 - The event was well attended.
许多人参加了这一盛事。 - Over 600 people attended the conference.
600多人出席了会议。 - She flew home to attend her father's funeral.
她飞回家参加她父亲的葬礼。 - Several members were unable to attend.
几名成员未能出席。 - The Senator was invited to attend, but he declined.
参议员被邀请参加，但他拒绝了。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- regularly
- be able to
- be unable to
- be asked to
- …
- sparsely attended
- well attended
- We'd like as many people as possible to attend.
- [transitive, intransitive] attend something (formal) to go regularly to a place
经常去，定期去（某处） - Our children attend the same school.
我们的孩子上同一所学校。 - Students are expected to attend class regularly.
学生应该定期上课。 - How many people attend church every Sunday?
每个星期天有多少人去教堂？ - Your dentist will ask you to attend for regular check-ups.
你的牙医会让你定期去检查。 - The child was failing to attend regularly at the school.
这孩子没有按时上学。
Topics Educationa2- The patients all attend the clinic monthly.
病人都是每月去门诊一次。 - She attended the college one day a week.
她每周上一天大学。 - He regularly attends the local mosque.
他定期去当地的清真寺。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- regularly
- be able to
- be unable to
- be asked to
- …
- sparsely attended
- well attended
- Our children attend the same school.
- [intransitive] attend (to somebody/something) (formal) to pay attention to what somebody is saying or to what you are doing
注意；专心 - She hadn't been attending during the lesson.
上课时她一直不专心。
- She hadn't been attending during the lesson.
- [transitive] attend something (formal) to happen at the same time as something
伴随发生 - 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。
- She dislikes the loss of privacy that attends TV celebrity.
- [transitive] attend somebody (formal) to be with somebody and help them
随同；陪同 - The president was attended by several members of his staff.
总统有几名幕僚随从。
- The president was attended by several members of his staff.
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘apply one's mind or energies to’): from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’.