attend
verb uk/əˈtend/ us/əˈtend/
(BE PRESENT)
B1 [ I or T ]出席，参加;到场
to go to an event, place, etc.
Over two hundred people attended the funeral. 两百多人参加了葬礼。
The meeting is on the fifth and we're hoping everyone will attend. 会议将在5号举行，我们希望大家都能出席。
See also: well attended
B1 [ T ]经常去，定期去
to go officially and usually regularly to a place
Which school do your children attend? 你们家孩子就读哪所学校？
I attended the classes/seminars/lectures for a month or two. 这些课程／研讨会／讲座我去听了一两个月。
- More examples
- Are you confident that enough people will attend the event?
- You are cordially invited to attend our annual wine-tasting evening.
- Would everyone who wishes to attend the dinner let me know by Friday afternoon?
- All pupils are expected to attend school assembly.
- I don't think there's any need for all of us to attend the meeting.
(NOTICE)
[ I ] formal注意;倾听
to give attention to what someone is saying
I'm afraid I wasn't attending to what was being said. 恐怕我没注意听说了些什么。
(PROVIDE HELP)
[ T ]（尤指作为工作）服侍；陪同；看护，照料
to provide a service to someone, especially as part of your job
The queen was attended by her ladies-in-waiting. 公主由其女侍臣随从侍候。
(RESULT FROM)
[ T ] formal伴随…而至；（作为结果）伴随
to happen as a result of, and at the same time as
the publicity that attends a career in television 从事电视行业必然带来的抛头露面
Phrasal verb
attend to someone/something 处理；照料；关心
to help someone or deal with something
Doctors tried to attend to the worst injured soldiers first. 医生们首先努力救治受伤最严重的士兵。
I always have so many things to attend to when I come into the office after a trip abroad. 我每次从国外旅行回来，一到办公室就会有一大堆的事情需要处理。