• vt. 出席；上（大学等）；照料；招待；陪伴
• vi. 出席；致力于；照料；照顾

前缀at-同ad-. tend，倾向，朝向。指倾听，后指出席会议。

attend

attend: [13] Etymologically, attend means ‘stretch to’. It comes originally from Latin attendere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (a descendant of an Indo-European base *ten-, *ton- ‘stretch’ which also produced, among others, Latin tenēre ‘hold’ – source of English contain, maintain, obtain, etc – and English tendon, thin, and tone).

By metaphorical extension ‘stretch to’ became ‘direct one’s attention to’, which was the original meaning of the verb in Old French atendre and subsequently in English. The sense ‘take care of’ developed in the 15th century, ‘be present’ much later, in the 17th century. The noun derivative attention [14] comes from Latin attentiō. Tend meaning ‘look after’ comes mainly from attend, but also partly from intend, in both cases with loss of the first syllable.
=> contain, maintain, obtain, tendon, thin, tone

attend (v.)

c. 1300, "to direct one's mind or energies," from Old French atendre (12c., Modern French attendre) "to expect, wait for, pay attention," and directly from Latin attendere "give heed to," literally "to stretch toward," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + tendere "stretch" (see tenet). The notion is of "stretching" one's mind toward something. Sense of "take care of, wait upon" is from early 14c. Meaning "to pay attention" is early 15c.; that of "to be in attendance" is mid-15c. Related: Attended; attending.

1. Representatives from across the horse industry will attend the meeting.

整个赛马业的代表都将参加这次会议。

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2. Syria will attend only if the negotiations deal with issues of substance.

只有在谈判涉及重大问题时叙利亚才会参加。

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3. All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all home games together.

3个人都是切尔西队的球迷，一起观看了所有的主场比赛。

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4. The president suggested that a UN observer should attend the conference.

总统建议联合国应派一名观察员参加本次会议。

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5. The Syrians have not yet accepted an invitation to attend.

叙利亚人还没有接到出席邀请。

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