喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture someone standing just behind an important person, waiting to be needed — always beside, never the main event. That is the picture under all three uses: the person who waits at the petrol pump or the museum door, the servant at a king's shoulder, and the problems that come along beside a decision.

可以想成：有個人站在重要人物身後半步，隨時候著——一直在旁邊，但從來不是主角。三個用法底下都是這幅畫面：在加油站或博…更多收起可以想成：有個人站在重要人物身後半步，隨時候著——一直在旁邊，但從來不是主角。三個用法底下都是這幅畫面：在加油站或博物館門口候著的服務人員、國王身邊的侍從，還有一個決定旁邊「跟著一起來」的那些問題。

From the picture

跟著一起來的

把「在旁邊」從人換成事：一件事發生時，旁邊還跟著另一批東西一起到，通常是麻煩和風險。

accompanying (risks, problems) · adjective · B2

Relating to something or caused by it — often used with problems, risks, or difficulties.

伴隨的；隨之而來的

Also in this word

personal attendant · noun · B1

Someone who stays with an important person to look after them.

隨從；侍從

service attendant · noun · A2

Someone whose job is to help customers or look after a place open to the public.

服務員

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

attendantnoun/əˈtɛndənt/

  • 1

    One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.

    • Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.
  • 2

    A servant or valet.

  • 3

    archaicA visitor or caller; one who attends (is present at or regularly goes to) some event or place.

    • The most remarkable of all the attendants of the exhibition at the grove near Rockville, was the grace and loveliness of the young beauties, who, mingling with the crowd of farmers, were all intent and gazing upon the stock and other agricultural products, unconscious that they were themselves ‘the observed of all observers;’ […]
    • In early life our subject was an attendant of Public School No. 17 in Brooklyn, and after fitting himself for business he engaged in various occupations in New York city up to the year 1889, at which time he removed to the town of Hempstead, and during the succeeding six years followed fanning as an occupation.
  • 4

    That which accompanies or follows.

  • 5

    lawOne who owes a duty or service to another.

attendantadj/əˈtɛndənt/

  • 1

    Going with; associated; concomitant.

    • They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
    • The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.
  • 2

    lawDepending on, or owing duty or service to.

    • the widow attendant to the heir
    • The tenant in dower[…]shall be attendant unto them by the rate and portion of the rent.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。