attentive 英 [əˈtentɪv]   美 [əˈtɛntɪv]

attentive

attentive  英 [əˈtentɪv] 美 [əˈtɛntɪv]

adj. 留意的,关注的 

an attentive audience 聚精会神的听众
The hotel staff are friendly and attentive. 旅馆人员友好而且照顾周到。

  • Use the adjective attentive to describe someone who is alert and paying attention: “Attentive observers of the play used clues given in the first scenes of the play to guess the identity of the murderer.”
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  • adj. 留意的,关注的
  • 1. an attentive audience

    聚精会神的听众

  • 2. The hotel staff are friendly and attentive.

    旅馆人员友好而且照顾周到。

  • 3. Ministers should be more attentive to the needs of families.

    部长们应该更关怀家庭的需要。

  • attentive (adj.) late 14c., "heedful, observant" (implied in attentively), from Old French atentif "expectant, hopeful," from past-participle stem of Latin attendere "give heed to" (see attend). Sense of "actively ministering to the needs and wants" (of another person) is from early 16c.
at·ten·tive / əˈtentɪv ; NAmE əˈtentɪv / adjective 1 listening or watching carefully and with interest 注意的;专心的;留心的 an attentive audience 聚精会神的听众 2 helpful; making sure that people have what they need 关心的;肯帮忙的 The hotel staff are friendly and attentive. 旅馆人员友好而且照顾周到。 attentiveto sb/sth Ministers should be more attentive to the needs of families. 部长们应该更关怀家庭的需要。 at·ten·tive·ly / əˈtentɪvli ; NAmE əˈtentɪvli / adverb at·ten·tive·ness / əˈtentɪvnəs ; NAmE əˈtentɪvnəs / noun [uncountable ] OPP inattentive at·ten·tive / əˈtentɪv ; NAmE əˈtentɪv / at·ten·tive·ly / əˈtentɪvli ; NAmE əˈtentɪvli / at·ten·tive·ness / əˈtentɪvnəs ; NAmE əˈtentɪvnəs /
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