Attend

(verb.) give heed (to); 'The children in the audience attended the recital quietly'; 'She hung on his every word'; 'They attended to everything he said'.

(verb.) be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; 'She attends class regularly'; 'I rarely attend services at my church'; 'did you go to the meeting?'.

(verb.) to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result; 'Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation'.

(verb.) take charge of or deal with; 'Could you see about lunch?'; 'I must attend to this matter'; 'She took care of this business'.

整理:马提

• The rapidity with which he insisted on travelling, bred several disputes between him and the party whom he had hired to attend him as a guard. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The drone said unaffectedly, You will excuse me; I really cannot attend to the shop! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I left them still listening to him when I withdrew to attend to my new duties. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Hannah Brown will preside, and all are invited to attend. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Better employed than to attend to it,' said Mr Boffin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Gurth thanked the Captain for his courtesy, and promised to attend to his recommendation. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• She made no reply--she seemed to be too much wrapped up in her own thoughts to attend to me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Her feelings were very acute, and too little understood to be properly attended to. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I did not like to work; but I did as much of it, while young, as grown men can be hired to do in these days, and attended school at the same time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Adrian sat at the helm; I attended to the rigging, the breeze right aft filled our swelling canvas, and we ran before it over the untroubled deep. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The one missent must first be attended to; it had been written five days ago. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• They are attended with thick clouds and rain. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• All advances into the city were thus attended with much danger. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• These articles were brought to me by Skyresh Bolgolam in person attended by two under-secretaries, and several persons of distinction. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• I was attending a little patient in the college near, said he, and saw it dropped out of his chamber window, and so came to pick it up. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• In a narrative not intended to be strictly technical, it would probably tire the reader to follow this material in detail through the numerous steps attending the magnetic separation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I had also sometimes the honour of attending my master in his visits to others. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Or why had not she rather gone to her own room, as she had felt to be safest, instead of attending the rehearsal at all? 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Harriet was to sit again the next day; and Mr. Elton, just as he ought, entreated for the permission of attending and reading to them again. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• In attending to your interests, I wish to have all possible checks upon me; it is right that I should have them; I court inquiry. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Attending court the other day--I attend it regularly, with my documents--I taxed him with it, and he almost confessed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• We need no other explication of that esteem, which attends such of the natural virtues, as have a tendency to the public good. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• But this accounts not sufficiently for the satisfaction, which attends riches. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• It was less of her I would speak, said he, than of Prince John; and I would fain know somewhat of a faithful squire, and why he now attends me not? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• To all this, Mr Venus, with his shock of dusty hair cocked after the manner of a terrier's ears, attends profoundly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• You'll find my terms very cheap and reasonable, and no man attends more to his clients than I do, and I hope I know a little of my profession besides. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Who attends to them? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The same imperfection attends our ideas of the Deity; but this can have no effect either on religion or morals. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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