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单词 attendant
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attendant
(ətendənt )
Word forms: attendants
1. countable noun [usually noun NOUN]
An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a car park or a cloakroom.
Tony Williams was working as a car-park attendant in Los Angeles.
Synonyms: assistant, guide, guard, servant  
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You use attendant to describe something that results from a thing already mentioned or that is connected with it.
Mr Branson's victory, and all the attendant publicity, were well deserved.
...the risks attendant on the exploration of the unknown. [+ on/upon]
Synonyms: accompanying, related, associated, accessory  
Collocations:
attendant cost
There are two elements that must be at least estimable, if not formally calculable: the probability of loss, and the attendant cost.
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Hiring a drilling rig to explore a potential field now costs at least $650,000 (332,500) a day, rising to $1m a day once all the attendant costs are added.
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This can lead to replication of data, data structure and functionality, together with the attendant costs of that duplication in development and maintenance.
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attendant problems
The specialists expressed concern at the increasing prominence of coursework with all its attendant problems.
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And with the country facing an epidemic of obesity and all its attendant problems, fully justified.
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The attendant problems are as predictable as they are devastating.
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Minimum pricing would do no more than force a limited reduction in the consumption of alcohol, but would do little to reverse our binge drinking culture and its attendant problems.
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Whilst often the only feasible method, the attendant problems with subjective performance evaluation have resulted in a variety of incentive structures and supervisory schemes.
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attendant risk
Go get a life, with the attendant risk that you could lose it.
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At the very least, businesses must traverse the minefield of moving to new rules, with all the attendant risk and expense, for the second time in five years.
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No policy comes without attendant risk, let alone one as bold as this.
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It was also consistent with tests showing this to prolong takeoff runs that had an attendant risk of losing height during flap retraction when the aircraft became airborne.
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Many investors will wonder if the returns go anywhere near compensating for the attendant risks.
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birth attendant
On average, half of deliveries in the developing world have a skilled birth attendant present.
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A traditional birth attendant may have been formally educated and has chosen to not register.
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Less than half of deliveries are attended by a skilled birth attendant and fewer than one in five are carried out in health facilities.
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There also seems to be an association between having a delivery by skilled birth attendants and being under the age of twenty.
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Additionally, the most recent change introduced new medical procedures, change in birth attendants, and change in birthplace.
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gas station attendant
He worked as a gas station attendant until he was able to save enough money to lease the station himself.
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Why should a gas station attendant pay a greater share than the oil company he works for?
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They hole up with a gas station attendant and continue robbing banks.
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He did not love reading in high school, but instead planned on being a gas station attendant as his uncle had been.
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Before entering politics, she worked as a real estate agent and gas station attendant.
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Translations:
Chinese: 服务员加油站或停车场的
Japanese: 係員
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