美 [peɪ əˈtenʃn]
注意：将注意力集中在某件事情上。
Paying attention to the listener is an important part of having a conversation that's interesting to both parties.
要想让谈话双方都感兴趣，关注听者是很重要的一部分。
More than ever before, the food industry is paying attention to young consumers.
现在，食品业比以往任何时候都更加关注年轻的消费者。
But by then the administration wasn't paying attention, for top officials were fixated on Kuwait.
但在那之前，当局并没有特别注意，因为高层官员们都一心扑在科威特上。
They had many complaints. One said Paul talked to the other students instead of paying attention to the lessons.
VOA : special.2009.04.04
Part of it is, it takes me an hour and half to settle myself down enough, that I'm actually paying attention and, be more aware of what happening.
每一次，都需要一个半小时,来让我的头脑镇静下来，然后我才能真正地集中注意，感受身边发生的事情。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
And I think if you are outside, whether you are walking or sitting, paying attention as a spiritual practice is really not only seeing, but having all of your senses engaged in what's going on is important.
我想如果你在户外，无论是走，或是坐，作为感受灵性的实践,所谓的注意，并不仅仅是看，而是调动你所有的感官,来感受身边的一切，这才是要点。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
For example, "Outside Over There" is about a baby who is kidnapped by goblin creatures while her older sister is not paying attention.
VOA : special.2009.10.05
That's why I am paying attention more." Jobs have continued to disappear, though at slower rates.
VOA : special.2009.08.21
Paying attention may be one of the most fundamental and important cognitive abilities we have.
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Even Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ) is paying attention.
Uber has an operations and community team in each city paying attention to every event.