The word "fend" has multiple meanings: to fend for oneself means to take care of yourself without help, and to "fend off" means to defend yourself from attacks or unwanted questions.
The word "fend" has multiple meanings: to fend for oneself means to take care of yourself without help, and to "fend off" means to defend yourself from attacks or unwanted questions.
[VERB 动词]照料,照顾(自己) If you have to fend for yourself, you have to look after yourself without relying on help from anyone else.
[V for pron-refl]
The woman and her young baby had been thrown out and left to fend for themselves.
这个女人和她年幼的婴儿被赶了出来,无人照管。
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]挡开,避开(问题或人) If you fend off unwanted questions, problems, or people, you stop them from affecting you or defend yourself from them, but often only for a short time and without dealing with them completely.
[V P n (not pron)]
[V n P]
He looked relaxed and determined as he fended off questions from the world's Press...
他回避各国媒体的提问时显得轻松而果决。
He had struggled to pay off creditors but couldn't fend them off any longer.
他曾想方设法还债主的钱,但却再也躲不过他们了。
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[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词]挡住,抵挡(攻击) If you fend off someone who is attacking you, you use your arms or something such as a stick to defend yourself from their blows.
[V P n (not pron)]
[Also V n P]
He raised his hand to fend off the blow.
他抬起手来抵挡那一拳。
相关词组:
fend off
Oxford
fend/fend; NAmEfend/verbPHRASAL VERBSˌfend for yourˈselfto take care of yourself without help from anyone else 照料自己;自谋生计◆His parents agreed to pay the rent for his apartment but otherwise left him to fend for himself.他的父母同意替他付房租,其他的则让他自己解决。ˌfend sth/sb↔ˈoff1to defend or protect yourself from sth/sb that is attacking you 抵挡,挡开,避开(攻击)SYN
fight off
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ward off
◆The police officer fended off the blows with his riot shield.那名警察用防暴盾牌抵挡攻击。2to protect yourself from difficult questions, criticisms, etc, especially by avoiding them 避开,回避(难题、批评等)SYN
ward off
◆She managed to fend off questions about new tax increases.她设法避开了关于新增赋税的问题。fendfendsfendedfendingfend/fend; NAmEfend/
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fendfend /fend/ verb
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fend for yourself to look after yourself without needing help from other people: The kids had to fend for themselves while their parents were away.fend off phrasal verb1to defend yourself against someone who is attacking youSYN fight somebody ↔ off: Tabitha threw up an arm to fend her attacker off.2to defend yourself from something such as difficult questions, competition, or a situation you do not want to deal with: She uses her secretary to fend off unwanted phone calls. The company managed to fend off the hostile takeover bid.
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fend
[fend]fended, fending, fends
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fending[300]
照料(55%),挡开(45%)
vi.照料;供养;力争
vt.谋生;保护;挡开;供养
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