Noun:
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of anothera person who is present and participates in a meeting;he was a regular attender at department meetings
the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees
an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
Adjective:
being present at meeting or event etc.attendant members of the congreation
following or accompanying as a consequence;an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
snags incidental to the changeover in management
attendant circumstances
the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
the ensuant response to his appeal
the resultant savings were considerable
servant，waiter，attendant这些名词均含“服务员”之意。
servant指吃住在他人家为挣工资而干活的人，即仆人，许多政府官员常谦称“公仆”。
waiter指在饭店、旅馆等处的男服务员，女服务员为waitress。
attendant多指跟随某人并为其服务的人，侍从，随从。也可指一般意义的“服务员”。
用作名词 n.
动词+～ring for the attendant按铃叫服务员shout for the attendant叫服务员形容词+～medical attendant医务护理人员personal attendant私人侍从名词+～flight attendant客机上的服务员room attendant房间服务员wedding attendant婚礼接待人员用作形容词 adj.～+名词attendant difficulties随之而来的困难attendant diseases随之而来的疾病attendant fear伴随的恐惧attendant nurse随侍护士名词+～man attendant upon sb某人的随员officer attendant upon the general将军的随从军官
近义词 helpern. aidrelatedfollowercompanionassociatedservantadj. accompanying
用作名词n.She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant.服务员进来,打断了她的话。
She is one of the queen's attendants.她是女王的一个侍女。
One of the attendants during the war was lack of food.战争的伴随物之一是缺乏食物。用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.An attendant problem of a flood was often the spread of diseases.伴随水灾而来的一个问题常常是疾病的蔓延。
He arrived with an attendant nurse.他带着一位陪侍的护士来了。n. +～She is still suffering from the weakness attendant upon the illness.她一直在遭受疾病带来的痛苦，很虚弱。
We met the officer attendant upon the general.我们见到了随从将军的副官。
adj.形容词
attendant用作形容词的意思是“伴随的,随之而产生的”,引申可作“随侍的,侍候的”解。
attendant后常可接介词upon引起的短语表示“伴随…的”。
名词85%,形容词15%
用作名词The president gave the Prince and his attendants a farewell banquet.总统为王子和他的随员举行了告别宴会。