attend
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they attend | |
| he / she / it attends | |
| past simple attended | |
| past participle attended | |
| -ing form attending |
- [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/仪式/典礼 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. 请所有成员参加这次会议。 5,000 people from around the world were invited to attend the conference. 来自世界各地的5000人被邀请参加会议。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifea2He 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. 她飞回家参加她父亲的葬礼。 Several members were unable to attend. 几名成员未能出席。 The Senator was invited to attend, but he declined. 参议员被邀请参加，但他拒绝了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- regularly
- be able to
- be unable to
- be asked to
- …
- sparsely attended
- well attended
- [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. 学生应该定期上课。 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. 这孩子没有按时上学。
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationa2The 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. 她每周上一天大学。 He regularly attends the local mosque. 他定期去当地的清真寺。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- regularly
- be able to
- be unable to
- be asked to
- …
- sparsely attended
- well attended
- [intransitive] attend (to somebody/something) (formal)
to pay attention to what somebody is saying or to what you are doing 注意；专心 - [transitive] attend something (formal)
to happen at the same time as something 伴随发生 - [transitive] attend somebody (formal)
to be with somebody and help them 随同；陪同
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’.