tend

[tend]
  • v.

    往往会;倾向于;个人认为;护理,照料;招待;

  • 单词变形

    过去式: tended 过去分词: tended 现在分词: tending 第三人称单数: tends


  • 词义辨析

    tend to, mind

    两者共同的意思是“注意”“留心”。它们之间的区别在于:
    1.mind多指有可能会发生意外的事,警告某人要小心。
    2.tend to虽有“留心”的意思,但它含有“服侍”的意味。 例如:
    She tended to her affairs carefully.她细心照料她的事务。
    She has many maids tending to her.她有这么多的侍女伺候着她。
    We employed a girl to tend to the children for a few hours each day.我们雇了一个女孩,每天照料孩子们几个小时。

    tend, attend, mind, watch

    这组词都有“照料(某人或某物)”的意思,在含义上略有不同:attend侧重“服侍使其更舒服”; mind侧重“保护其不出意外,不受损害”; tend侧重“注意某事使其正常运转”; watch侧重“预先做好防止发生危险的准备”,有连续性或专职性。例如:
    He attended her through her illness.
    她生病期间他一直照顾着她。
    There was nobody left to mind the shop.
    没人留下看守店铺。
    A farmer is tending his sheep.
    农夫在照看羊群。
    There was a policeman watching the pri- soner outside the house and making sure he didn't escape.
    有位警察在监狱外监视那个犯人以 防他逃跑。

    nurse,tend,foster,cultivate,cherish

    这些动词都含“照料、培育”之意。
    nurse通常指对无力自顾的婴儿、病人等进行照料或护理。
    tend指出于责任心、博爱心而不是私人感情去对人或物进行照顾。
    foster指对孩子的关心、鼓励、供养及抚养其成长;也指鼓励、促进事物的增长与发展。
    cultivate具体意义指耕耘、培育植物;抽象意义指培养兴趣或向往的理想事物。
    cherish强调抚育或爱抚。

  • 双语例句
1、

She hurried away to pour more coffee and tend to the grill.

她匆忙走开,去添加咖啡和照看烤架。

——柯林斯例句

2、

In course of time old customs and observances tend to fall into neglect.

随着时间的推移,旧风俗习惯有被忽略的趋势.

——《现代英汉综合大词典》

3、

I tend to think that members of parliament by and large do a good job.

我个人觉得,议会议员总体上工作还是不错的。

——柯林斯例句

4、

Bulky clothes tend to hinder movement.

肥大的衣服常常碍手碍脚.

——《简明英汉词典》

5、

Officials tend to tilt toward secrecy from a parochial view of their responsibilities.

官吏出于狭隘的责任观念往往倾向于保密.

——《简明英汉词典》

6、

He tends the flower beds and evergreens that he has planted in the driveway.

他打理着他栽在车道两旁的花坛和常青树。

——柯林斯例句

7、

Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at sport than girls.

学校往往会助长男孩比女孩体育强这一错误观念的延续.

——《简明英汉词典》

8、

He means no harm by saying what he thinks, but people tend to be upset by it.

他想到什么就说什么,并无恶意, 但人们听了心里总是不舒服.

《简明英汉词典》

9、

In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger...

在老年群体中女性占大多数,因为男性的寿命往往较短。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

10、

Women tend to live longer than men.

女人往往比男人长寿。

牛津词典

11、

a shepherd tending his sheep

照看羊的牧人

牛津词典

12、

People tend to think that the problem will never affect them.

人们往往认为这个问题绝不会影响到他们。

牛津词典

13、

Prices have tended downwards over recent years.

近年来物价趋于下降。

牛津词典

14、

FRANCESCA : If that happens, you have to decide. Because I can't.

弗朗西斯卡: 如果真是那样, 你得做决定, 因为我不能.

期刊摘选

15、

It tends to get very cold here in the winter.

这里冬天往往会很冷。

牛津词典

16、

Doctors and nurses tended the injured.

医生和护士护理受伤者。

牛津词典

17、

well-tended gardens

精心照料的花园

牛津词典

18、

A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy...

制造商们遇到的一个问题是,重量较轻的汽车往往噪音大。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

19、

When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes.

我累了就容易出错。

牛津词典

20、

In our culture, girls are brought up to tend to the needs of others...

在我们的文化里,女孩从小就学着照料别人。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

21、

Artistic and intellectual people tend towards left-wing views.

搞艺术的人和知识分子容易持“左倾”观点。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

22、

His views tend towards the extreme.

他的观点趋于偏激。

牛津词典

23、

He'd got a way of his own and I tend to take after him.

他有自己的一套方式,我想效仿他.

《简明英汉词典》

24、

For years he tended her in her painful illness...

多年来她一直受到病痛的折磨,都是他在照料。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

25、

He had a job tending bar in San Francisco.

他在旧金山做酒吧服务员。

牛津词典

26、

Ambulance crews were tending to the injured.

救护车上的救护人员在照料受伤者。

牛津词典

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