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Attention Action Span 592.Attention 英 ə'Tenʃ(ə)N]美 ə'Tɛnʃən 释义

正面 592.attention
英 [ə'tenʃ(ə)n]美 [ə'tɛnʃən]

背面
释义:
n. 注意力;关心;立正!(口令)
例句:
1. No detail was too small to escape her attention.再小的细节都逃不过她的眼睛。

1. at- "to" + tent- + -ion.2. literally "stretch toward".3. => give attention to, pay attention to, take care of.4. The notion is of "stretching" one's mind toward something.5. 该词是动词attend的名词形式。noun of action from attend.

attention (n.)late 14c., "giving heed," from Latin attentionem (nominative attentio) "attention, attentiveness," noun of action from past participle stem of attendere "mental heeding" (see attend). Used with a remarkable diversity of verbs (such as pay, gather, attract, draw, call). As a military cautionary word preparative to giving a command, it is attested from 1792. Attention span is from 1903 (earlier span of attention, 1892)."

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