| 正面 | 4474.attendance 英 [ə'tend(ə)ns]美 [ə'tɛndəns]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. at- "to" + tend- + -ance.2. literally "stretch toward".3. => give attention to, expect, wait for, pay attention, take care of, wait upon.4. The notion is of "stretching" one's mind toward something.n. 出席；到场；出席人数 例句： 1. Police with riot gear and several fire engines are in attendance.防暴警察和数辆消防车都到了。 attendance (n.)late 14c., "act of attending to one's duties," from Old French atendance "attention, wait, hope, expectation," from atendant, present participle of atendre (see attend). Meaning "action of waiting on someone" dates from late 14c. (to dance attendance on someone is from 1560s); that of "action of being present, presenting oneself" (originally with intent of taking a part) is from mid-15c. Meaning "number of persons present" is from 1835." |