attend是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 出席， 参加； 照顾， 护理vi. 注意； 侍奉，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mr. Perry had been to Mrs. Goddard's to attend a sick child, and Miss Nash had seen him, and he had told Miss Nash, that as he was coming back yesterday from Clayton Park, he had met Mr. Elton, and found to his great surprize, that Mr. Elton was actu-ally on his road to London, and not meaning to return till 82 Emmathe morrow, though it was the whist-club night, which he had been never known to miss before; and Mr. Perry had remonstrated with him about it, and told him how shabby it was in him, their best player, to absent himself, and tried very much to persuade him to put off his journey only one day; but it would not do; Mr. Elton had been determined to go on, and had said in a very particular way indeed, that he was going on business which he would not put off for any inducement in the world; and something about a very enviable commission, and being the bearer of something exceedingly precious.
-- Emma sat with her as long as she could, to attend her in Mrs. Goddard's unavoidable absences, and raise her spirits by representing how much Mr. Elton's would be de-pressed when he knew her state; and left her at last tolerably comfortable, in the sweet dependence of his having a most comfortless visit, and of their all missing her very much.
-- The evening of the very day on which they went brought a note from Mr. Elton to Mr. Woodhouse, a long, civil, cer-emonious note, to say, with Mr. Elton's best compliments, 'that he was proposing to leave Highbury the following morning in his way to Bath; where, in compliance with the pressing entreaties of some friends, he had engaged to spend a few weeks, and very much regretted the impossi-bility he was under, from various circumstances of weather and business, of taking a personal leave of Mr. Woodhouse, of whose friendly civilities he should ever retain a grateful sense and had Mr. Woodhouse any commands, should be happy to attend to them.'
-- Miss Bates had just done as Patty opened the door; and her visitors walked upstairs without having any regular narration to attend to, pursued only by the sounds of her desultory good-will.
-- It would be the greatest pleasure to them, if you could allow me to attend you there.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The young woman came regularly to milk the healthy cow or to attend to the sick one, but never allowed her vision to stray in the direction of Oak's person.
-- Bathsheba then began, with some awkwardness, allowing her thoughts to stray occasionally from her story to attend to the shears, which required a little nicety in sharpening.
-- "Well, I shall be down in the fields with you some time this week; but I have a few matters to attend to first.
-- "For though I have purchased my discharge from Her Most Gracious Majesty's regiment of cavalry the 11th Dragoon Guards, to attend to the new duties awaiting me here, I shall continue a soldier in spirit and feeling as long as I live."
-- "Stay where you are, and attend to the horse!"
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Wealth was an inferior object, but what glory would attend the dis-covery if I could banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death!Nor were these my only visions.
-- I told the servants not to disturb the family, and went into the library to attend their usual hour of ris-ing.
-- My father and the rest of the family being obliged to attend as witnesses, I accompa-nied them to the court.
-- Agatha fainted, and Safie, unable to attend to her friend, rushed out of the cot-tage.
-- The country in the neigh-bourhood of this village resembled, to a greater degree, the scenery of Switzerland; but everything is on a lower scale, and the green hills want the crown of distant white Alps which always attend on the piny mountains of my native country.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Scarlett vaguely remembered two ladies of those names who came from Atlanta to Tara to attend her wedding andshe remembered that they were Miss Pittypat's best friends.
-- But on threeafternoons a week she had to attend sewing circles and bandage-rolling committees of Melanie's friends.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I was dreadfully frightened, and so giddy that I clung to him with both hands, and said, "If you would kindly please to let me keep upright, sir, perhaps I shouldn't be sick, and perhaps I could attend more."
-- He was to come away in an hour or two to attend me to Hammersmith, and I was to wait about for him.
-- The two ghastly casts on the shelf were not far from him, and their expression was as if they were making a stupid apoplectic attempt to attend to the conversation.
-- Throughout, I had seemed to myself to attend more to the wind and the rain than to him; even now, I could not separate his voice from those voices, though those were loud and his was silent.
-- I had not the power to attend to it.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In the midst of these consultations, several officers of the army went to the door of the great council-chamber, and two of them be-ing admitted, gave an account of my behaviour to the six criminals above-mentioned; which made so favourable an impression in the breast of his majesty and the whole board, in my behalf, that an imperial commission was issued out, obliging all the villages, nine hundred yards round the city, to deliver in every morning six beeves, forty sheep, and other victuals for my sustenance; together with a propor-tionable quantity of bread, and wine, and other liquors; for the due payment of which, his majesty gave assignments upon his treasury:- for this prince lives chiefly upon his own demesnes; seldom, except upon great occasions, raising any subsidies upon his subjects, who are bound to attend him in his wars at their own expense.
-- The treasurer and admiral insisted that you should be put to the most pain-ful and ignominious death, by setting fire to your house at night, and the general was to attend with twenty thousand men, armed with poisoned arrows, to shoot you on the face and hands.
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