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tend tend ★★★★☆/te̱nd/1[VERB	动词]往往会；经常就 If something tends to happen, it usually happens or it often happens.   [V to-inf]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。In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger...在老年群体里女性占大多数，因为男性通常不易高寿。They tend to buy cheap processed foods like canned chicken and macaroni.他们往往会买便宜的加工食品，像鸡肉罐头和通心粉之类的。2[VERB	动词]倾向于，容易表现出(某种特性) If you tend towards a particular characteristic, you often display that characteristic.   [V towards n]  [Also V to n]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。3[VERB	动词]个人认为；个人觉得 You can say that you tend to think something when you want to give your opinion, but do not want it to seem too forceful or definite.   [V to-inf]  [vagueness]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。4[VERB	动词]护理；照料；照看 If you tend someone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them in a good condition or to improve their condition.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]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。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。5[VERB	动词]照顾；照管；伺候 If you tend to someone or something, you pay attention to them and deal with their problems and needs.   [V to n]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。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。 tendtend /tend/ ●●● S1 W1 verb  Word Origin Verb Table Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1tend to do something if something tends to happen, it happens often and is likely to happen again:  People tend to need less sleep as they get older. My car tends to overheat in the summer.2 (also tend to somebody/something) [transitive] old-fashioned to look after someone or something:  Sofia was in the bedroom tending to her son.3tend towards something to have one particular quality or feature more than others:  Charles tends towards obesity.4tend bar especially American English to work as a bartender5[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] formal to move or develop in a particular directiontend upwards/downwards Interest rates are tending upwards.

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Collins	tend ★★★★☆ /te̱nd/ 1 [VERB 动词]往往会；经常就 If something tends to happen, it usually happens or it often happens. [V to-inf] 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。 In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger... 在老年群体里女性占大多数，因为男性通常不易高寿。 They tend to buy cheap processed foods like canned chicken and macaroni. 他们往往会买便宜的加工食品，像鸡肉罐头和通心粉之类的。 2 [VERB 动词]倾向于，容易表现出(某种特性) If you tend towards a particular characteristic, you often display that characteristic. [V towards n] [Also V to n] 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。 3 [VERB 动词]个人认为；个人觉得 You can say that you tend to think something when you want to give your opinion, but do not want it to seem too forceful or definite. [V to-inf] [vagueness] 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。 4 [VERB 动词]护理；照料；照看 If you tend someone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them in a good condition or to improve their condition. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 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。 5 [VERB 动词]照顾；照管；伺候 If you tend to someone or something, you pay attention to them and deal with their problems and needs. [V to n] 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。 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。
Oxford	tend ★ / tend ; NAmE tend / verb 1 ★ [intransitive ] tendto do sth to be likely to do sth or to happen in a particular way because this is what often or usually happens 往往会；常常就 ◆ Women tend to live longer than men. 女人往往比男人长寿。 ◆ When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes. 我累了就容易出错。 ◆ It tends to get very cold here in the winter. 这里冬天往往会很冷。 ◆ People tend to thinkthat the problem will never affect them. 人们往往认为这个问题绝不会影响到他们。 ☞language bank at generally 2 [intransitive ] tend(to/towards sth) to take a particular direction or often have a particular quality 趋向；走向；倾向；趋于 ◆ His views tend towards the extreme. 他的观点趋于偏激。 ◆ Prices have tended downwards over recent years. 近年来物价趋于下降。 3 [transitive , intransitive ] to care for sb/sth 照料；照管；护理 tendsb/sth ◆ a shepherd tending his sheep 照看羊的牧人 ◆ Doctors and nurses tended the injured. 医生和护士护理受伤者。 ◆ well-tended gardens 精心照料的花园 tendto sb/sth ◆ Ambulance crews were tending to the injured. 救护车上的救护人员在照料受伤者。 4 [transitive ] tendsth ( NAmE) to serve customers in a store, bar, etc. 招待，侍候，照顾，照料（商店、酒吧等的顾客） ◆ He had a job tending barin San Francisco. 他在旧金山做酒吧服务员。 tend tends tended tending tend / tend ; NAmE tend /
LDC	tendtend /tend/ ●●● S1 W1 verb Word Origin Verb Table Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1tend to do something if something tends to happen, it happens often and is likely to happen again: People tend to need less sleep as they get older. My car tends to overheat in the summer.2 (also tend to somebody/something) [transitive] old-fashioned to look after someone or something: Sofia was in the bedroom tending to her son.3tend towards something to have one particular quality or feature more than others: Charles tends towards obesity.4tend bar especially American English to work as a bartender5[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] formal to move or develop in a particular directiontend upwards/downwards Interest rates are tending upwards.
WDF	tend [tend]tended, tending, tends CET4CET6TEM4考研GREIELTS v1040 41026 5297 3352 11290 6148 14939 VERB1247 1231802 Spoken: 210618691 tended[1317] tending[1346] tends[3152] 趋向(41%)，照管(23%)，照料(23%)，易于(11%)，朝向(2%) vt.照料，照管 vi.趋向，倾向；照料，照顾

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