at‧tach S2 W2 AC / ətætʃ / 动词

1 [及物动词] to fasten or connect one object to another 同义词 fix

attach something to something

Attach a recent photograph to your application form.

a small battery attached to a little loudspeaker

the attached form/cheque/leaflet etc

Please fill in and return the attached reply slip.

2 be attached to somebody/something to like someone or something very much, because you have known them or had them for a long time :

It’s easy to become attached to the children you work with.

3 attach importance/significance etc to something to believe that something is important :

People attach too much importance to economic forecasts.

4 [不及物和及物动词] if blame attaches or is attached to someone, they are responsible for something bad that happens :

No blame can be attached to Roy for the incident.

5 [不及物和及物动词] if a quality, feeling, idea etc attaches or is attached to a person, thing, or event, it is connected with them

attach to

It’s easy to let the emotions attached to one situation spill over into others.

6 be attached to something

a) to work for part of a particular organization, especially for a short period of time :

He was attached to the foreign affairs department of a Japanese newspaper.

b) to be part of a bigger organization :

The Food Ministry is attached to the Ministry of Agriculture.

7 [及物动词] to connect a document or file to an email so that you can send them together → attachment

8 attach yourself to somebody to join someone and spend a lot of time with them, often without being invited or welcome :

A young man from Canada had attached himself to Sam.

9 attach a condition (to something) to allow something to happen, but only if someone agrees to do a particular thing or accept a particular idea :

When approving a merger, the commission can attach conditions.

10 attach a label to somebody/something to think of or describe someone or something as being a particular thing, especially in a very general way :

You can’t really attach a label to this type of art.