paying attention
UKpeiiŋətenʃən
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From the verb 'pay' and the noun 'attention'.
مثال
- You should be paying attention to the teacher.
- He's not paying attention to the road.
- She's paying attention to her diet.
ترکیبهای رایج
Paying close attention Paying particular attention Paying special attention
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) “his attentiveness to her wishes” “he spends without heed to the consequences” “Attrubites: heedless, unheeding, heedful, attentive, thoughtfulII”
- taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention “heedful of the warnings” “so heedful a writer” “heedful of what they were doing” “Attrubites: attentiveness, heed, regard”