attendance
英 [?'tend(?)ns]
美 [?'t?nd?ns]
助記提示
1. at- "to" + tend- + -ance.
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
- attendance (n.)
- late 14c., "act of attending to one's duties," from Old French atendance "attention, wait, hope, expectation," from atendant, present participle of atendre (see attend). Meaning "action of waiting on someone" dates from late 14c. (to dance attendance on someone is from 1560s); that of "action of being present, presenting oneself" (originally with intent of taking a part) is from mid-15c. Meaning "number of persons present" is from 1835.
雙語例句
- 1. Police with riot gear and several fire engines are in attendance.
- 防暴警察和數輛消防車都到了。
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- 2. He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.
- 會有一位護士日夜不間斷地陪護著他。
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- 3. Average weekly cinema attendance in February was 2.41 million.
- 2月份，平均每周的觀影人數為241萬。
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- 4. He was disqualified from the council for non-attendance.
- 他因缺席而被該委員會免除了資格。
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- 5. Some estimates put the attendance at 60,000.
- 一些預測認為將有6萬人參加。
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