记忆方法
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.
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.
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. Tony Williams was working as a car-park attendant in Los Angeles.
- 托尼·威廉斯在洛杉矶的一个停车场当服务生。
- 2. Mr Branson's victory, and all the attendant publicity, were well deserved.
- 布兰森先生的胜利，以及随之而来的关注度，都是理所应当的。
- 3. The girl attendant has set about cleaning the room.
- 那位女服务员已开始打扫房间.
- 4. She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant.
- 服务员进来,打断了她的话.
- 5. She was uninterrupted with the entrance of an attendant.
- 服务员进来并没有打断她的话.