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- a person employed to provide a service to the public in a particular place服务员; 管理员:
a cloakroom attendant
衣帽间服务员
a garage attendant.
车库管理员。
1.1
- an assistant to an important person; a servant or courtier随从; 仆从; 侍臣。
2
- a person who is present at an event, meeting, or function出席者; 参与者:
he had become a regular attendant at chapel.
他已经开始定期去小教堂。
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- occurring with or as a result of; accompanying伴随的:
the sea and its attendant attractions
大海和它的迷人之处
he warns against the dangers attendant on solitary life.
他提出应该注意孤独生活带来的危险。
1.1
- (of a person or animal) accompanying another as a companion or assistant陪伴的:
a child in a pram with attendant nursemaid.
有保姆陪着的童车里的孩子。
词源
late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French, from atendre 'give one's attention to' (see ATTEND).