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attend

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🇺🇸 /ʌtˈɛnd/ 🇬🇧 /əˈtɛnd/

verb 编号: A02670 牛津3000 BNC #1100 COCA #1168

动词，核心意思是把注意力或精力转向某人、某事：可以表示照料、专心处理，也可以表示出席或等候；现代英语中最常见的是“参加”和“处理、照料”。

💡 记忆钩子

把 attend 想成“把自己转向某处并在那里投入精力”：转向人，就是照料或服侍；转向事情，就是专心处理、留意；转向一个场合，就是到场参加。较早的用法还把这种“朝向”延伸成等待或打算，但这些意思今天大多已过时。

📝 学习建议

先掌握现代常见的“参加活动”和“处理、照料某人或某事”两个意思，再认识旧式的“等待、打算”等意思。
不要把 attend 一律理解成“注意”；表示“注意、留心”时，现代英语通常需要和 to 连用。

📖 中文释义

verb

common 照料、服侍某人

📖 指负责照顾某人，尤其是病人、需要帮助的人，或在服务场合为某人提供照料。这个意思体现了把精力转向某人的核心画面。

💡 常见结构是“attend + 人”，有时也可说“attend on/upon + 人”。这种直接接人的用法偏正式，现代日常英语更常用“look after”或“take care of”；不要把它误解成单纯的“陪着”。

transitive

A nurse attended the injured child throughout the night.

一名护士整夜照料受伤的孩子。
rare 陪同或随侍

📖 旧式地指陪在某人身边、随侍左右，或由随从陪同某人；这是“转向并跟随某人”的古老延伸。

archaic obsolete transitive
core 处理、照料某事

📖 指把注意力和精力用于某项事务，负责处理它或照料它，常常暗含及时解决问题的意思。

💡 最常见结构是“attend to + 事物”，也可以接需要照料的人；它通常用于工作、服务和较正式的语境。不要遗漏 to，也不要把它和表示“参加”的直接用法混淆。

intransitive

Please attend to these emails before the meeting.

请在会议前处理好这些电子邮件。

The staff will attend to your request shortly.

工作人员很快会处理你的请求。
rare 专心留意

📖 旧式地指把心思集中到某件事上，认真听取或观察它。

archaic transitive
rare 留心某事

📖 旧式地表示认真关注、思考或听从某件事，与现代常见的“attend to”有语义上的联系。

obsolete transitive
rare 侍奉、专事处理

📖 旧式地表示持续负责某件事务，或作为侍从为某人服务；可以看作“把精力一直转向那里”。

intransitive
core 留心、注意

📖 指认真听、看或考虑某人说的话或某件事，把注意力明确集中到对象上。现代英语中这个意思主要保留在“attend to”结构里。

💡 常见结构是“attend to + 话语、问题或细节”，语气比“listen to”或“pay attention to”更正式。它强调认真处理或关注，不只是听见；中文母语者常漏掉 to，或误用成表示参加活动的结构。

archaic intransitive

The committee must attend to the safety concerns raised by residents.

委员会必须认真处理居民提出的安全问题。

Attend to what she is saying before you answer.

回答前先认真听她在说什么。
rare 等待某事发生

📖 旧式地指等待某件事到来或发生，是“把自己转向未来目标”的过时用法。

archaic obsolete transitive
rare 伴随而来

📖 旧式或比喻性地指某种结果、状态或后果随后伴随某人或某事而来。

archaic figuratively obsolete transitive
rare 等候某人或某事

📖 旧式地指停在那里等候，直到对方或某件事出现。

archaic intransitive obsolete
rare 等待

📖 古旧而罕见地表示等待某人或某事，今天通常不用这种说法。

archaic intransitive obsolete rare
rare 随后发生或伴随

📖 古旧或比喻性地表示某种事情跟随另一件事发生，属于“朝向未来结果”的边缘延伸。

archaic figuratively intransitive obsolete
rare 打算

📖 过时地表示意图做某事，即把行动指向一个计划中的目标。

obsolete

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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 5 组

give heed (to); ;

同义词集: attend hang advert pay heed give ear

The children in the audience attended the recital quietly

She hung on his every word

They attended to everything he said

上位: listen

work for or be a servant to; ; ; ;

同义词集: serve attend to wait on attend assist

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

上位: aid, assist, help 下位: fag, valet

take charge of or deal with; ;

同义词集: attend take care look see

Could you see about lunch?

I must attend to this matter

She took care of this business

上位: care, give care 下位: minister, tend

be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; ;

同义词集: attend go to

She attends class regularly

I rarely attend services at my church

did you go to the meeting?

反义: miss 上位: be 下位: worship

to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result

同义词集: attend

Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation

上位: accompany, attach to, come with, go with

🌳 词源

源自拉丁语 attendere，含有“朝向、伸向”的意思，后来经古法语和中古英语进入现代英语；与 attempt、tend 同源。

PIE word *h₂éd From Middle English attenden, atenden (“to devote oneself (to a task, etc.); to pay attention to (something), to look after; to consider (something); to expect or look forward to (something); to intend to do (something); to help or serve (someone), attend upon; to take care of (something)”), from Old French atendre (“to await, wait for; to expect; to intend”), from Latin attendere, adtendere (“to pay attention to, attend; to direct or turn toward”), from ad- (“prefix meaning ‘to, towards’”) + tendō (“to direct one’s course; to extend, stretch; to exert, strive”). Doublet of attempt and tend.

🔄 变式

- imperat attended 1st_sg attendedst archaic attendest archaic attendeth archaic attending present attends present

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