attend
单词辨析：
普通用词，多强调陪伴者与被陪伴者之间关系密切，也指某事物与另一事物同时发生或存在。
He accompanied her to the door.
他陪着她走向门口。
The rain was accompanied by wind.
风雨交加。
多指下级、仆人陪伴上级、主人，也可以表示某事伴随另一事而发生。
The king was attended by his courtiers.
国王有几名侍臣随从。
Do you have a sense of the peculiar atmosphere which attends such an event?
你有没有感觉到伴随这类事件的怪异气氛？
指在保护下经由水路护送，其对象通常为物。
The carrier was convoyed by four warships.
航母由4艘战舰护航。
The warship convoyed the oil tanker through the Indian Ocean.
战舰护卫着油轮驶过印度洋。
指在保护下经由陆路护送，其对象通常为人。
Who would like to escort her home?
谁愿意护送她回家？
The bodyguard escorted the boss home.
保镖护送老板回家。
指参与某活动或事件，含积极、主动之意，常后接介词 in。
The girls in his class are willing to participate in the dancing party.
他班上的女生们很乐意参加这次舞会。
Who will participate in these discussions?
谁将参与这些讨论？
多指出席会议、参加学术活动、听课等。
How many people attended the meeting?
多少人出席了会议？
She didn't explain why she was unable to attend.
她没解释不能出席的原因。
指做某事或参与某项活动，常后接介词 in/on/upon。
Nowadays, office workers rarely engage in regular exercise.
现在，上班族很少定期进行锻炼。
Due to some historical and practical reasons, the two parties engaged upon an escalating political struggle.
由于一些历史和现实原因，两党陷入了日益加剧的政治斗争。
Despite his illness, he remained actively engaged in translating documents.
虽然生病了，他还是积极地参与文件的翻译。
指加入组织、团体等，也指与他人一同做某事，或去某人那里与其呆在一起或做某事。
He has made up his mind to join the army.
他决意去参军。
She joined the Labour Party in April.
她4月份加入了工党。
Many have joined the campaign to end gender discrimination.
很多人参与了禁止性别歧视的运动。
His wife moved in to join him in their new home.
他妻子搬来和他在新家共同生活。
指参加集体性的活动。
The majority of the students who took part in the protest came from the same school.
大部分参加抗议的学生来自同一所学校。
He always takes an active part in politics.
他总是积极参与政治活动。
指照看人、动物或事物（用于此义时有过时之嫌），通常后接介词 to。
Mary is tending to her son in the bedroom.
玛丽正在卧室照料她的儿子。
The shepherd is tending to his sheep.
牧羊人在看管他的羊群。
Who will tend to the garden while we are on vacation?
我们休假期间谁照料花园?
尤指照顾病人、处理伤口等，强调具有专业技能和责任心，常用被动语态。
The patients were well attended to in the hospital.
病人在医院受到很好的照顾。
She was attended by Dr. Brown.
她由布朗医生照料。
Their wounds had been attended before the men were brought here.
伤员在送来这里之前，伤口已得到了处理。
指短期地照看某物，或父母不在时帮忙照料其孩子。
Will you mind my suitcase while I go to buy my ticket?
我去买票，你照看一下我的行李箱好吗？
Linda promised to mind the baby while we go out.
琳达答应在我们外出时帮我们看孩子。
My daughter minds the neighbour's child for a small fee.
我女儿替邻居照看小孩，小有报酬。
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They flew there in order that they might be in time to attend the opening ceremony.
他们飞往那里以便能及时参加开幕典礼。
All the participants were required to sign in as they entered the hall to attend the meeting.
出席会议的人在进入大厅前均须签到。
Over a third of those now at secondary school in Wales attend schools with over 1,000 pupils
威尔士现在的初中生中有1/3以上的人就读的学校学生总数超过1,000人。
I've got some unfinished business to attend to.
我还有一些未完的事要处理。
There were more patients than I could attend to single-handed.
病人太多，我一个人应接不暇。
I have something to attend to.
我有点事得办一办。