attention

英 [ə'tenʃn] 美 [ə'tenʃn]

• n. 注意；注意力；照料；留心；关怀；(口令)立正

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]注意,专心,留心

   action of applying one's mind to sb/sth or noticing sb/sth

2. [P]殷勤,厚待

   kind or thoughtful act

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 殷勤，厚待
2. 注意，专心，留心
3. 注意力
4. 【军】立正，立正姿势
5. 检修，修理
6. 照料，照顾，关心，关照
7. 治疗
8. 关注，注目
9. 兴趣
10. 礼貌，客气

int. 感叹词

1. 立正
2. 注意

英英释义

Noun:

1. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

2. the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something;

   "no medical care was required"
   "the old car needs constant attention"
   

3. a general interest that leads people to want to know more;

   "She was the center of attention"
   

4. a courteous act indicating affection;

   "she tried to win his heart with her many attentions"
   

5. the faculty or power of mental concentration;

   "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention"
   

6. a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review;

   "the troops stood at attention"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. She soon becomes the centre of attention.
   她很快成为大家注意的人物。
2. You should focus your attention on your work.
   你应该把注意力放到工作上。
3. She gave her aging parents much attention.
   她悉心照料年迈的双亲。
4. He didn't pay much attention to his surroundings.
   他没有留心他周围的环境。
5. My mother always lavishes us with attention.
   妈妈对我们关怀得无微不至。
6. Spring to attention when the captain enters.
   上尉一进来，就要迅速立正站好。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Our attention was held throughout his long talk.
   我们始终专心听着他的长篇大论。
2. You must give your full attention.
   你必须全神贯注地做你所做的事。
3. She was convicted of driving without due care and attention.
   她被判犯有驾驶不专心之罪。
4. This letter is for the attention of Mr.Robinson.
   此信请鲁宾孙先生亲自处理。
5. It has been brought to my attention.
   我已获悉。
6. Attention, please!The bus will leave in ten minutes.
   请注意!公共汽车十分钟后开。
7. He likes to be the centre of attention.
   他喜欢成为大家注意的人物。
8. She turned her attention to a new problem.
   她把注意力转移到一个新问题上。
9. If you distract his attention,I'll slip out of the room when he isn't looking.
   如果你引开他的注意力,我就在他看不到时溜出房间去。
10. He's got a very short attention span.
    他能集中注意力于某件事的时间很短。
11. The police should pay more attention to catching criminals.
    警方应多把注意力集中在捕捉罪犯上。
12. The company is now turning its attention to the luxury car market.
    公司现在正把注意力转移到豪华轿车的市场上。
13. Close attention is being paid to present movements in the money market.
    人们正密切注视着货币市场目前的动向。
14. Old cars need a lot of care and attention to keep them working.
    旧汽车需要特别注意保养。
15. I keep trying to attract the waiter's attention.
    我不断试着引起服务员的注意。
16. He showed his concern for his sick mother by his many little attentions.
    他对病中的母亲表现了无微不至的关心。
17. She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.
    他不时地向她大献殷勤,使她很难为情。

经典引文

• The tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony.

  出自：Richard II , Shakespeare

• Brought to my attention three specimens of a mineral.

  出自： W. Lindgren

• I must have weakened my capacity for attention and observation.

  出自： Day Lewis

• Whenever he read anything aloud like this, he acted it straight through, which was why he held the attention of the little children so well.

  出自： E. Roosevelt

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• attract sb's attention 引起某人注意
• bring to sb's attention 引起某人的注意
• call attention 注意某事
• catch sb's attention 引起某人注意
• demand attention 要求注意,需要注意
• devote one's attention to 专心
• direct one's attention 提请注意
• draw sb's attention 引起某人注意
• escape attention 逃避注意力,没有被注意
• fix one's attention on 留意,专心于
• get sb's attention 得到某人关注
• give one's attention to 注意到
• have attention 被注意,得到考虑
• hold sb's attention 吸引住某人注意(力)
• invite sb's attention 请某人注意
• pay attention to 注意…
• receive attention 受到注意,得以关注
• turn one's attention to 注意到

形容词+～

• close attention 密切注意
• entire attention 全神贯注
• further attention 进一步的注意
• great attention 特别注意,极大关注
• immediate attention 立即注意
• international attention 国际上的关注
• little attention 不大注意
• medical attention 医药治疗
• national attention 全国的瞩目
• particular attention 特别注意
• personal attention 亲自过问
• popular attention 普遍注意,广泛关注
• public attention 公众的关注
• serious attention 严重的注意
• special attention 特别注意

介词+～

• with attention 专心,注意地

～+介词

• attention of the general public 公众的注意
• attention to 对…的注意

词语用法

1. 一般来说，要表达引起某人对某事的注意时，用call/draw one's attention to。表示用某事引起某人注意时，用bring the matter to one's attention，注意两者不可倒过来使用。

   He wants to call her attention to the matter.
   不可以说I want to bring his attention to the matter.

2. pay attention to是固定的搭配词组，不可以用其他介词替换，如pay attention on。除了指“注意”，pay attention to还指“向女子献殷勤”，如pay his attentions to the girl.要注意his后的attentions用的是复数形式；
3. 有时候pay attention to后不直接加宾语，而是加动名词，to作为介词。

   I advise you to pay more attention to recording new uses of old words.
   我建议你要更注意记录旧词的新用法。

4. 为引起大机关或大商店的某人或某部门注意，在写信时可在称呼语后面或后面的下一行或两行加Attention of ...，如Attention of Accounting Department。

n. (名词)

1. attention表示“注意”时,是不可数名词; 用作可数名词时,指具体活动,表示“殷勤”“款待”,常用复数形式。
2. call sb's attention to sth 或call sth to sb's attention都表示要某人注意某事。bring sb to the attention of sb else表示“某事使某人得到他人的注意”。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

pay attention, pay one's attentions

• 这两个短语形相近但义不同,前者意为“注意”,而后者表示“献殷勤”“追求”“求婚”。例如:
• You must pay attention to the teacher.你必须专心听老师讲课。
• Pay attention while I give you the instructions.我下达命令时你专心听着。
• Pay no attention to what that drunkard says.不要介意那个酒鬼说话。
• The newspapers report that at the moment he is paying his attentions to an Italian countess.报纸报导说,他正在追求一位意大利女伯爵。
• She said she hoped to repay all these nice attentions.她说她希望能回报所有的这些盛情的款待。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 我要他安静下来,因为我想看书,但他不理会我。

   误 I told him to keep silent because I wanted to read, but he didn't pay any attention at me.

   正 I told him to keep silent because I wanted to read, but he didn't pay any attention to me.

   析 要用pay attention to sb/sth,不能用at代替to。

2. 司机非常年轻,而且我还注意到他喝醉了。

   误 The driver of the car was very young and I paid attention that he was drunk.

   正 The driver of the car was very young and I noticed that he was drunk.

   析 pay attention后不可接that从句。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的attentionem，意为注意。

近反义词

【近义词】

• alertness
• care
• consideration
• heed
• observation

【反义词】

• absent-mindedness
• inattention
• preoccupation