v.  参加，出席，到场

v.  经常去，定期去〔学校、教堂等〕

v.  看护，照料〔病人〕（一般用被动态]）

v.  注意；专心

• attendance

  n.  出席人数

  n.  出席，参加

• attendant

  n.  服务员

  n.  侍从，随从

  a.  伴随的，随之而来的，附带的

• attention

  n.  注意，专心，留心

  n.  兴趣；关心，关注

• attentive

  a.  注意听的；关注的；注意的，专心的

  ≠ inattentive

  a.  照顾周到的（+ to）

• attend to sb/sth  处理；对付；照料；关怀

• be in attendance on sb  照顾[侍候]某人

• be in attendance (at sth)  出席，参加〔特别或重要的活动〕

• high/low/falling/poor attendances 

  出席的人数多╱少╱下降╱很少

• take attendance  点名

• attendant problems/risks/circumstances 

  随之而来的问题╱风险╱情况

• pay attention to  注意；重视

• I'm expected to attend too many meetings and I seem to be spending a lot of my time doing unnecessary paperwork. 参加会议

• Attend his brother's birthday party. 参加聚会

• Attend the opening of a local restaurant.

  出席饭店开业活动

• People suffering from sleep loss are at an increased risk from obesity, psychological problems and car crashes. Students who don't get enough sleep have poor attendance and lower grades. 出勤率不高

• Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.

  值得注意

• It wants to catch people's attention.

  吸引人们的注意力/引起人们关注

• Knitting diverts people's attention from their pain. 转移注意力

• It has too many acts to hold the audience's attention. 保持观众的注意力

• It is gaining increasing public attention.

  受到关注

• Please let us know if you are unable to attend. 如果不能出席，请通知我们。

• I am the first child in my family to attend college. 我是家里第一个读大学的孩子。

• I have some urgent business to attend to.

  我有一些急事要处理。

• Last year’s fair saw attendance figures of 32,000. 去年的交易会有3.2万人参加。

• We had all the usual problems attendant upon starting a new business.

  我们遇到了创业时通常会出现的所有问题。 

• Customers want companies that are attentive to their needs.

  客户需要的是对其需求考虑周到的公司。

BrE /əˈtend/

NAmE /əˈtend/