attend an event
attend 表示“出席、参加”时是及物动词,后面直接跟活动名词,不加介词。
More than two hundred people attended the ceremony.
两百多人出席了典礼。
出席;参加
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出席;参加
be present at an event or gathering
一般现在时
I attend a yoga class every Saturday.
我每周六参加瑜伽课。
一般过去时
She attended the meeting yesterday.
她昨天出席了会议。
现在进行时
They are attending a concert right now.
他们现在正在参加一场音乐会。
规则动词,过去式和过去分词均为 attended。
She is attending a conference in Shanghai next week.
她下周将在上海参加一个会议。
用法提示:attending 是现在分词,与 is 构成现在进行时,表示“参加(会议)”。
We appreciate your attending the meeting despite your busy schedule.
我们感谢你在百忙之中出席这次会议。
用法提示:attending 是动名词,作 appreciate 的宾语,表示“出席”。
Are you attending the wedding on Saturday?
你星期六去参加婚礼吗?
用法提示:attending 是现在分词,与 Are 构成现在进行时,表示“参加(婚礼)”。
attend 表示“出席、参加”时是及物动词,后面直接跟活动名词,不加介词。
More than two hundred people attended the ceremony.
两百多人出席了典礼。
attend to 表示“照料、处理”,to 是介词,后面接名词或动名词。
The nurse is attending to the elderly patient.
护士正在照料那位老年病人。
attending 引导的动名词短语作主语时,谓语动词用单数。
Attending the ceremony is required for all staff.
全体员工都必须出席典礼。
grammar · medium
易错句子I look forward to attend the conference.
正确表达I look forward to attending the conference.
look forward to 中的 to 是介词,不是不定式符号,介词后必须接动名词,所以用 attending,不能用动词原形 attend。
grammar · medium
易错句子Many students are attending in the conference.
正确表达Many students are attending the conference.
表示“参加会议/活动”时,attend 是及物动词,后面直接跟活动名词作宾语,不需要加介词 in;汉语“参加会议”容易让人套用 participate in 的结构。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is attending to the meeting tomorrow.
正确表达She is attending the meeting tomorrow.
在“出席会议/参加活动”这一义项中,attend 直接带宾语,不加 to;attend to 表示“处理、照料”,加上 to 会改变意思,变成“处理会议事务”,不是“参加会议”。
attending 是动词的现在分词,指“出席、参加”这个动作,可以作谓语;attendance 是名词,指出席这一事实或出席人数,不能作谓语。说“他正在参加会议”要用 He is attending the meeting,不能说 He is attendance;要表达“出席人数很多”才用 attendance。
两者在“照料、处理”义上有重叠:attend to 较正式、偏书面,tend to 更常用于日常照看(tend to the sick)或表示“倾向于做某事”(tend to do)。表示“倾向于”时只能用 tend,不能用 attend;表示“出席会议”时只能用 attend。
读音接近(attending /əˈtendɪŋ/ 与 intending /ɪnˈtendɪŋ/),但搭配不同:intend 表示“打算做某事”,通常接 to do;attend 表示“出席、参加”,后面接活动或场所。所以“我打算参加婚礼”是 I intend to attend the wedding,不能说 I'm intending the wedding。
n. (attend + -ance)
n. (attend + -ant)
n. (attend → attent- + -ion)
adj. (attend → attent- + -ive)
adv. (attentive + -ly)
n. (attentive + -ness)
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