attendant

英 [ə'tendənt] 美 [ə'tendənt]

• adj. 伴随的
• n. 服务员；出席者；伴随物；侍从

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]服务人员,侍者,随从

   person whose job is to provide a service in a public place; servant or companion

2. [C]伴随物

   thing which accompanies

adj. (形容词)

1. 伴随的,随之而产生的

   accompanying

2. 随侍的; 侍候的

   on duty to help and look after sb

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 伴随的
2. 出席的
3. 护理的
4. 侍候的
5. 参加的
6. 随行的
7. 跟随的
8. 附随的
9. 身边的
10. 护卫的
11. 伴随而来的
12. 随之而来的
13. 注意的
14. 在场的

n. 名词

1. 服务员
2. 随从
3. 陪从
4. 随员
5. 侍者
6. 出席者
7. 参加者
8. 伴随物
9. 值班员
10. 出席人
11. 参加人
12. 附属品
13. 随从人员
14. 仆人
15. 伴娘
16. 侍从
17. 护理者
18. 跟班

英英释义

Noun:

1. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

2. a person who is present and participates in a meeting;

   "he was a regular attender at department meetings"
   "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"
   

3. an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

Adjective:

1. being present (at meeting or event etc.)

   "attendant members of the congreation"
   

2. following or accompanying as a consequence;

   "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"
   "snags incidental to the changeover in management"
   "attendant circumstances"
   "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"
   "the ensuant response to his appeal"
   "the resultant savings were considerable"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. An unexpected accident is attendant upon carelessness.
   粗心大意将导致意外事故发生。
2. Miseries are attendant on violence.
   暴力往往会带来种种的不幸。

用作名词 (n.)

1. If you need anything, just ring for the attendant.
   如果您要什么，就按铃叫服务员。
2. I asked the attendant to conduct him out.
   我让服务员领他出去。
3. The president gave the Prince and his attendants a farewell banquet.
   总统为王子和他的随员举行了告别宴会。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant.
   服务员进来,打断了她的话。
2. She is one of the queen's attendants.
   她是女王的一个侍女。
3. One of the attendants during the war was lack of food.
   战争的伴随物之一是缺乏食物。

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. An attendant problem of a flood was often the spread of diseases.
   伴随水灾而来的一个问题常常是疾病的蔓延。
2. He arrived with an attendant nurse.
   他带着一位陪侍的护士来了。

n. +～

1. She is still suffering from the weakness attendant upon the illness.
   她一直在遭受疾病带来的痛苦，很虚弱。
2. We met the officer attendant upon the general.
   我们见到了随从将军的副官。

经典引文

• Other Suns..With thir attendant Moons thou wilt descrie.

  出自： Milton

• Fresh meat was never eaten by the gentlemen attendant on a great Earl.

  出自： Ld Macaulay

• Alone, on the other side of the railway, stands the Springs Hotel, with its attendant cottages.

  出自： R. L. Stevenson

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• ring for the attendant 按铃叫服务员
• shout for the attendant 叫服务员

形容词+～

• medical attendant 医务护理人员
• personal attendant 私人侍从

名词+～

• flight attendant 客机上的服务员
• room attendant 房间服务员
• wedding attendant 婚礼接待人员

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• attendant difficulties 随之而来的困难
• attendant diseases 随之而来的疾病
• attendant fear 伴随的恐惧
• attendant nurse 随侍护士

名词+～

• man attendant upon sb 某人的随员
• officer attendant upon the general 将军的随从军官

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. attendant用作形容词的意思是“伴随的,随之而产生的”,引申可作“随侍的,侍候的”解。
2. attendant后常可接介词upon引起的短语表示“伴随…的”。

词义辨析

servant，waiter，attendant

• 这些名词均含“服务员”之意。
• servant指吃住在他人家为挣工资而干活的人，即仆人，许多政府官员常谦称“公仆”。
• waiter指在饭店、旅馆等处的男服务员，女服务员为waitress。
• attendant多指跟随某人并为其服务的人，侍从，随从。也可指一般意义的“服务员”。

近反义词

【近义词】

• aid
• companion
• follower
• helper
• servant
• accompanying
• associated
• related