attention
常用用法
- 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。
- 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”。
- 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.
- 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;
- 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。
- 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。 返回 attention
n. (名词)
词语辨析
- 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。 返回 attention