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词汇 attention
释义 attention
noun[ U ]
uk /əˈten.ʃən/ us /əˈten.ʃən/

attentionnoun[U] (NOTICE)


B1
notice, thought, or interest: 注意,留心;考虑;关心
Ladies and gentlemen, could I have your attention, please?女士们、先生们,请大家注意一下好吗?
They're organizing a campaign to draw people's attention to the environmentally harmful effects of using their cars.他们正在组织一场运动,目的是使人们意识到开车对环境造成的危害。
Wait a moment and I'll give you my full/undivided attention (= I'll listen to and think about only you).等一下,过一会儿我就可以全神贯注听你说了。
After an hour, my attention started to wander(= I stopped taking notice).一小时后,我开始走神儿了。
 get/attract/catch someone's attention
B2
to make someone notice you: 吸引…的注意
I knocked on the window to get her attention.我敲了敲窗,以使她注意到我。
 pay attention (to something/someone)
B1
to watch, listen to, or think about something or someone carefully or with interest: 集中注意力(于…)
If you don't pay attention now, you'll get it all wrong later.如果你现在不注意,后面就会错得一塌糊涂。
 the centre of attention
the thing or person that a lot of people notice: 焦点
He likes telling jokes and being the centre of attention at parties.他喜欢讲笑话,成为派对上的焦点。
 attentions[ plural ]
interest, often sexual interest, that someone directs towards a particular person or thing:
She attracted the attentions of a variety of suitors.
He was flattered by her attentions, but did not take them seriously.
I suffered the unwanted attentions of bullies.
 turn your attention to something/someone(alsoturn your attentions to something/someone)
to start to think about or consider a particular thing or person: 开始关注…
Many countries are starting to turn their attention to new forms of energy.许多国家现在已开始把注意力转到新型能源上来。
The war has diverted attention away from the country's economic problems.战争转移了人们对国家经济问题的关注。
Please excuse me from the rest of the meeting - I've just received a phone call that requires my immediate attention.
He neglects that poor dog - he never takes him for walks or gives him any attention.他对那只可怜的狗漠不关心——从不带它散步,也从不关心它。
I prodded her in the back to get her attention.我捅了捅她的背以引起她的注意。
Pay attention to what she's saying because she won't explain it a second time.注意听她讲,因为她不会再解释第二遍。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Paying attention and being careful
attention span
attentiveness
baby
be good, and if you can't be good, be carefulidiom
be on (your) guardidiom
ear
egg
flow
follow/steer/take the middle course/way/pathidiom
get religionidiom
guard
hang
hang on/upon something
prudently
revolve
revolve around someone/something
safety
safety firstidiom
sit
the/a glare of somethingidiom

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Thinking and contemplating
Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm

attentionnoun[U] (CARE)


[ U ]
special care or treatment: 特别护理;特别处理
The paintwork will need a little attention.油漆活需要特别下些功夫。
If symptoms persist, seek medical attention.如果症状不减轻,请马上就医。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Medical treatment: treating & caring for people
aggressively
bed blocker
bed-blocking
bring
bring someone around
health navigator
health tourism
hold a clinicidiom
keep your/an eye on something/someoneidiom
logroll
logrolling
nurse
prep
reablement
referral
rehospitalization
rehospitalize
respite care
self-care
tend

attentionnoun[U] (WAY OF STANDING)


[ U ]
(especially in the armed forces) a way of standing, with the feet together, arms by your sides, head up, and shoulders back, and not moving: (尤指军队中的)立正(姿势)
soldiers standing at/to attention立正站立的士兵
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Military training & ceremonies
assault course
civil defence
drumhead
ease
fall
fall in
fatigue
manoeuvre
march
military service
national service
obstacle course
pass
pass out
passing-out
recon
reconnaissance
route march
tour
troop

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Sitting and standing
attention
exclamation
uk /əˈten.ʃən/ us /əˈten.ʃən/
military specialized
in the armed forces, an instruction to stand to attention(= not moving, with your feet together, arms by your sides, head up, and shoulders back):
The command comes: "Attention!" The men fire their rifles. The flag is folded.
an instruction for people to listen or look carefully because they need to know something important:
Attention please! Luggage must not be left unattended!
There was a sign at the ticket desk: "Attention! Visitors are informed that there is video surveillance in the building."
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Military training & ceremonies
assault course
civil defence
drumhead
ease
fall
fall in
fatigue
manoeuvre
march
military service
national service
obstacle course
pass
pass out
passing-out
recon
reconnaissance
route march
tour
troop

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Paying attention and being careful

attention | American Dictionary


attention
noun[ U ]
us/əˈten·ʃən/

attentionnoun[U] (NOTICE)


the act of directing the mind to listen, see, or understand; notice:
In order to learn anything, you have to pay attention.
It’s hard to command the attention of 23 eight-year-olds.
Let me finish this, then I’ll give you my undivided attention.

attentionnoun[U] (CARE)


time or effort that you are willing to give to help someone or something because you care about that person or thing:
It’s an old house, and it needs a lot of attention.
attention
exclamation, noun[ U ]
us/əˈten·ʃən/

attentionexclamation, noun[U] (WAY OF STANDING)


(in the armed forces) an order to stand straight and not move, with your feet together, arms by your sides, and head facing to the front, or this way of standing:
Each cadet stood at attention for inspection.

attention | Business English


attention
noun
uk /əˈtenʃən/us
 for the attention of sb(written abbreviationFAO); (written abbreviationattn)
written on an envelope or at the top of a letter to show who should read it:
Letters should be marked for the attention of Jane Mills.

Examples of attention


attention
The 28 color photographs add to the explanations in the text, and the numerous diagrams and geologic maps, all in colour, deserve much attention.
To this end it is disappointing that the book has paid only scant attention to the psychological processes in the disorder.
The concept of value orientations has received much attention in sociological and psychological literature over the past forty years.
More recently however, increasing attention has been paid to the psychological aspects of space.
One possibility is that the capacity of focal attention differs for simultaneously available elements arrayed in space, and for representations encountered over time.
The persistence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder into young adulthood as a function of reporting source and definition of disorder.
A closely related proposal, to which we will not give separate attention, is that the two types of interests are not lexically ranked but incommensurable.
Future research should pay particular attention to the disruption of values, roles and social relationships.
The best way to elicit a schwa is to direct attention away from it and on to the stressed syllable of the word.
In order to avoid some technical details, for the hypergraph case we restrict our attention to the lower bound only.
Special attention should be given to the checking of tables, mathematical formulae and figures.
This is of no theoretical interest and could be cured, for instance, by adding a warning feature drawing attention to skipped words.
Why we need to do these things is a question to which, sadly, they devote little attention.
This paper examines reactive focus on for m as a way of focusing students' attention on their own output.
Some students might benefit from explicit attention to the analogical relationships of the literal to the metaphorical elements.
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Collocations withattention


attention

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adequate attention
Neither approach paid adequateattention to the real problems in the path of regionalism.
calling attention to
Calling attention to the 'strength of the weak' in international relations has become virtually a cliche.
careful attention
Finally, there was carefulattention to documentation.
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