attendant

英 [?'tend(?)nt] 美[?'t?nd?nt]
  • adj. 伴隨的;侍候的
  • n. 服務(wù)員,侍者;隨員,陪從

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?attendants;

助記提示


1. at- "to" + tend- + -ant.
2. literally "stretch toward".
3. => give attention to, expect, wait for, pay attention, take care of, wait upon.
4. The notion is of "stretching" one's mind toward something.

英文詞源


attendant (n.)
1550s, "one who waits upon," from the adjective, or from Middle French atendant, noun use of present participle of atendre (see attend).
attendant (adj.)
late 14c., "solicitous, attentive," see attendant (n.). Sense of "serving under, accompanying in a dependant position" is from c. 1400.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. Tony Williams was working as a car-park attendant in Los Angeles.
托尼·威廉斯在洛杉磯的一個(gè)停車場(chǎng)當(dāng)服務(wù)生。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Mr Branson's victory, and all the attendant publicity, were well deserved.
布蘭森先生的勝利,以及隨之而來(lái)的關(guān)注度,都是理所應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)摹?/dd>

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. The girl attendant has set about cleaning the room.
那位女服務(wù)員已開(kāi)始打掃房間.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant.
服務(wù)員進(jìn)來(lái),打斷了她的話.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. She was uninterrupted with the entrance of an attendant.
服務(wù)員進(jìn)來(lái)并沒(méi)有打斷她的話.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》