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attend

verb
 
🔊/əˈtend/
🔊/əˈtend/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they attend
🔊/əˈtend/
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he / she / it attends
🔊/əˈtendz/
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past simple attended
🔊/əˈtendɪd/
🔊/əˈtendɪd/
past participle attended
🔊/əˈtendɪd/
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-ing form attending
🔊/əˈtendɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
     [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/服务/仪式
    • 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.请所有成员参加此会议。
    • 5,000 people from around the world were invited to attend the conference.来自世界各地的5,000人应邀参加了会议。
    Extra Examples
    • 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.参议员应邀参加，但他拒绝了。
    Topics Working lifea2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • regularly
    verb + attend
    • be able to
    • be unable to
    • be asked to
    • …
    phrases
    • sparsely attended
    • well attended
    See full entry
  2.  
     [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.要求学生定期上课。
    • 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.那孩子没能正常上学。
    Extra Examples
    • 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.她每周有一天上大学。
    • He regularly attends the local mosque.他定期参加当地的清真寺。
    Topics Educationa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • regularly
    verb + attend
    • be able to
    • be unable to
    • be asked to
    • …
    phrases
    • sparsely attended
    • well attended
    See full entry
  3. [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。🔊🔊
  4. [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。🔊🔊
  5. [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。🔊🔊
    6. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘apply one's mind or energies to’): from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’.