attend /əˈtend/ vt.vi. 1.到场;出席;参加;上()The lectures were well attended. 很多人都来听这些讲演。 attend school (church) 上学(教堂)attend a meeting (lecture) 出席会议(演讲) 2. (医生,护士等)看护,治疗:attend (on) the sick man 照看病人3. 专心干,致力于:You must attend carefully to these instructions.你必须注意倾听这些指令。Let’s attend to our work instead of talking. 咱们不要再谈了,专心于工作吧。

[辨析]attend常用于以一般的身份出席会议,到课堂听讲或听音乐会等。take part inparticipate in表示主语在有关的活动中担任一定的角色,其中take part in比较普通。join是指参加一个组织

 

attendance /əˈtendəns/ n. 1.c(一次)出席人数,出席者:an attendance of 5000 5000名出席者 The attendance at the meeting yesterday was over 100. 昨天出席会议的人有100多位。2.u]出席,参加: Our class has perfect attendance today. 我们班今天全到。The attendance (rate) is high. 出勤率高。

 

attendant /əˈtendənt/ I. n. c 服务员,侍者,随从:an attendant in a hotel 旅馆服务员[考句] The prime Minister was followed by five or six attendants when he got off the plane.总理下飞机时,身后跟着五、六个随从。‖II. adj. 伴随的,随之而产生的:attendant difficulties 随之而来的困难;weakness attendant on illness 疾病造成的虚弱