attendant

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at·tend·ant1 /əˈtendənt/ noun [countableC]

1 LOOK AFTER somebodysomeone whose job is to look after or help customers in a public place 服务员

a car park attendant

停车场的服务员

2. LOOK AFTER somebodysomeone who looks after a very important person, for example a king or queen 侍从，随从

Examples from the Corpus

attendant• The middle-aged sleeping-car attendant was dozing but dressed.• My work as a flight attendant also proved valuable.• Kim, 31, is a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines.• He then gave them the choice of apologizing to the flight attendant or taking another flight.• Londoner Richard Tompkins worked as a petrol pump attendant before starting the stamp company in 1956.• Suddenly the pump attendant wanted nothing to do with this.• a gas station attendant• The petrol station attendant told her to apply for more at the Kommandatur which turned out to be the old town hall.• Disheartened, Santa Anna separated from his large escort and planned to slip through the mountainous country with three attendants.

attendant2 adjectiveadj formal

relating to or caused by something 伴随的，随之而来的，附带的

attendant problems/difficulties/dangers etc

nuclear power, with all its attendant risks

核动力及其附带风险

attendant on

Drugs are one of the issues attendant on running a school.

毒品是办学时出现的问题之一。

Examples from the Corpus

attendant• Land reforms enacted without attendant and well-planned services and inputs are unlikely to be able to generate sustainable livelihoods.• Originally, ancestor-worship and its attendant family structure were confined to the patrician class.• Although considered in need of assessment or treatment, these women did not require compulsory admission, with the attendant limits on civil liberties.• In Minoan Crete, Potnia is shown with attendant lions or griffins.• aging and all its attendant medical problems• And it does have its attendant problems which it is only sensible to recognise.• That under-standing and insight extend to all the attendant process issues, refinements, and subtleties.• a prince and his attendant servants

attendant problems/difficulties/dangers etc• This would throw up a host of attendant problems.• And it does have its attendant problems which it is only sensible to recognise.

at·tend·ant1 nounattendant2 adjectiveadj

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