attention
/əˈtenʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- notice taken of someone or something; the regarding of someone or something as interesting or important关注; 注意：
he drew attention to three spelling mistakes
他注意到三个拼写错误
you've never paid that much attention to her opinions.
你从未如此关注过她的看法。
1.1
- the mental faculty of considering or taking notice of someone or something注意力：
he turned his attention to the educational system.
他把注意力转移到了教育系统。
2
- the action of dealing with or taking special care of someone or something关心; 照料：
her business needed her attention
她的事业需要她专心致志
he was found guilty of failing to give a patient adequate medical attention.
他被认定对病人的治疗没有尽责。
2.1
- count noun
attentions
a person's interest in someone, especially when unwelcome or regarded as excessive（尤指不受欢迎的或过分的）关注： his primary aim was to avoid the attentions of the newspapers.
他的首要目的是要避开报界的关注。
2.2
- count noun
attentions
a person's actions intended to express sexual or romantic interest in someone, sometimes when unwelcome（求爱时表现出的）殷勤： she felt flattered by his attentions.
他的殷勤使她觉得很荣幸。
3
- Military a position assumed by a soldier, standing very straight with the feet together and the arms straight down the sides of the body【军】立正：
Saunders stood stolidly to attention
桑德斯笔直地立正
we paraded outside for the Sergeant-Major, shivering at attention.
我们在外面为总军士长进行队列操练, 立正时瑟瑟发抖。
3.1
- as exclamation an order to assume such a position立正！
派生词
attentional
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Latin attentio（n-）， from the verb attendere （see ATTEND）.