attend on
attend on は英検1級・TOEIC 730・TOEFL 60・IELTS 5.5レベルの英単語で、「世話をする、付き添う、仕える」という意味があります。発音記号は /əˈtɛnd ɑːn/ です。
世話をする
解説 Definition
病人や高齢者などのそばにいて、必要な世話や身の回りの手助けをすることを表す。単に同行するのではなく、看病や介助まで含む点が中心で、継続的に相手を支える含みがある。ややフォーマルで古風な言い方で、医療や介護の文脈で見られやすい。
To attend on someone means to stay with them and give the care or practical help they need, especially if they are sick, old, or unable to manage alone. It often suggests more than simply going with a person, because it includes nursing, serving, or helping with daily needs. The phrase is rather formal and old-fashioned, and it is most often seen in medical, caregiving, or service contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず基本の attend は「出席する」だけでなく「注意を向ける」。そこから attend on は、注意を人に向け続けて「付き添う・世話をする」と覚えると残りやすいです。特に病人や身分の高い人に仕える場面で出やすく、a nurse attends on a patient, servants attend on the king のような絵で覚えるとよいです。attend to が「対処する・面倒を見る」と広く使えるのに対し、attend on は相手に付き従う感じが強いので、その差もセットで整理すると混同しにくくなります。
Remember that attend does not only mean "go to" or "be present at" something. It also has the idea of giving attention, so attend on means giving your attention to a person and staying by them to care for them. Picture a nurse attending on a patient or servants attending on a king. This can help you keep it separate from attend to, which is broader and often means simply deal with something.
例文
A nurse attended on the patient throughout the night.
看護師は一晩中その患者の世話をした。
For several months, she attended on her elderly father after his surgery.
彼女は手術後、数か月にわたって高齢の父の世話をした。
In the historical novel, several servants attend on the queen during the ceremony.
その歴史小説では、式の間に数人の召使いが女王に付き添って世話をしている。
付き添う
(意味 2)解説 Definition
病人や貴人に付き添ったり世話をしたりする意味で使われます。『attend to』よりも人に対して献身的に仕えるような語感があり、看護師や侍者が手厚くケアするときに使うことが多いです。特別な行事や治療の場面で、目を離さず支えるときに用いると自然です。
To attend on someone means to stay with them and take care of their needs. This expression is formal and is often used for serving, helping, or accompanying someone important or someone who is ill.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
attend on は「付き添う」という、やや古風・改まった表現です。attend の核は「注意を向ける」で、on が人を対象にするため、相手のそばに控えて離れず支える場面を思い浮かべると覚えやすいです。病人、来賓、身分の高い人などに対し、看護師・助手・侍者が随行する文脈で出ます。食事や用事を整える世話も含み得ますが、中心は人のそばに付き従う動きです。
`Attend` can mean giving careful attention, not only going to an event. In `attend on`, that attention stays on a person, often someone sick, elderly, or important. Picture a nurse, servant, or helper staying close and supporting someone.
例文
A nurse attended on the injured player during the match.
試合中、看護師が負傷した選手のそばに付き添った。
He attended on the visiting professor throughout her lecture tour.
彼は講義ツアー中、招待教授の付き添いを務めた。
仕える
(意味 3)解説 Definition
主人・貴人・客などに付き従い、用を聞いたり食事を運んだりして仕えることを表す。召使いや給仕係が相手に奉仕する場面で使われ、上下関係や儀礼的な場の響きを帯びやすい。現代ではやや古風で、歴史物や改まった文脈で目にしやすい。
"Attend on" means to serve someone by staying near them, helping with their needs, or bringing them things such as food. It is often used when a servant, helper, or member of staff follows and serves a master, guest, or important person. The phrase usually suggests a clear social difference and often sounds formal or old-fashioned today. You are more likely to see it in historical writing or in ceremonial contexts than in everyday conversation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
attend はラテン語 ad「〜へ」+ tendere「伸ばす」に由来し、意識や行動を相手へ向ける感覚があります。attend on はその注意を人に向け続け、「仕える、世話をする」という意味になります。serve より身の回りで付き添う感じが強く、attend on a king や attend on a patient のように使います。
Think of "attend" as "give your attention" and "on" as showing the person who receives it. So "attend on" is to keep your attention on someone by staying near them and serving them. This can help you remember the old-fashioned sense of serving an important person.
例文
Several servants attended on the guests during the banquet.
宴会のあいだ、数人の召使いが客に仕えた。
In the old story, a young page attends on the prince wherever he goes.
その古い物語では、若い小姓が王子に付き従って仕える。
She was asked to attend on the visiting ambassador for the evening reception.
彼女は夜の歓迎会で来訪した大使に付き添って仕えるよう頼まれた。
attend on の語源・成り立ち Etymology
attendはラテン語attendere（ad-=～に向かって＋tendere=伸ばす）が語源で、「注意を向ける」が原義。古フランス語atendreを経て英語に入った。関連語にattention、tendがある。onで対象を示し、「人に向けて注意を伸ばし付き添う」という奉仕の意味になった。
Attend comes from Latin attendere, from ad- meaning "to" and tendere meaning "to stretch," so its original idea was "to direct one's attention toward." It came into English through Old French atendre. In attend on, the idea developed into giving close attention to a person, and so serving or caring for them.
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