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fend 【fend】v.抵挡；抵御Most animals let their young fend for themselves at an early age.大部分的动物让年轻的一代在年幼时保护自己。

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[fend] 
fendtry to manage without help
If you get along on your own, with no assistance from another person, you can say that you fend for yourself.
A solo hiker on the Appalachian Trail fends for herself, managing the challenges without help. When the verb fend is used this way, it is almost always followed by "for oneself" or "for himself" or "for herself," and it's been in use since the 1600's. It originated as a shortened form of the verb defend, from the Latin root defendere, "to ward off, protect, or guard."
All forms of 'fend' will appear on average once every 1607 pages.fendfenderforefend

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Back	【fend】 v.抵挡；抵御 Most animals let their young fend for themselves at an early age. 大部分的动物让年轻的一代在年幼时保护自己。
Vocab	fendtry to manage without help If you get along on your own, with no assistance from another person, you can say that you fend for yourself. A solo hiker on the Appalachian Trail fends for herself, managing the challenges without help. When the verb fend is used this way, it is almost always followed by "for oneself" or "for himself" or "for herself," and it's been in use since the 1600's. It originated as a shortened form of the verb defend, from the Latin root defendere, "to ward off, protect, or guard." All forms of 'fend' will appear on average once every 1607 pages. fend fender forefend

Fend Verb V.抵挡；抵御 Animals Young Early Age 大部分的动物让年轻的一代在年幼时保护自己