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fend v.照料；挡开；[英口]供养 (1) 孩子们在父母工作的时候不得不自己照料自己。(2) 自从他母亲去世并丢下他去自己谋生之后，他完全疯了。(3) 金姆举起手，似乎是要挡开他的朋友。(4) 他用胳膊挡回了这一击。(5) 大多数动物让他们的幼仔从小就独立生活。 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."

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英 [fend] 美 [fend] (1) The children had to fend for themselves while their parents worked.(2) He's gone completely round the twist since his mother died and left him to fend for himself.(3) Kim put up his hand, as if to fend off his friend.(4) He was able to fend off the blow with his arm.(5) Most animals let their young fend for themselves from an early age. If you get along on your own, with no assistance from another person, you can say that you fend for yourself. 1[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。2[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。3[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

英语单词	fend
英美音标	英 [fend] 美 [fend]
中文释义	v.照料；挡开；[英口]供养
英语例句	(1) The children had to fend for themselves while their parents worked. (2) He's gone completely round the twist since his mother died and left him to fend for himself. (3) Kim put up his hand, as if to fend off his friend. (4) He was able to fend off the blow with his arm. (5) Most animals let their young fend for themselves from an early age.
中文例句	(1) 孩子们在父母工作的时候不得不自己照料自己。 (2) 自从他母亲去世并丢下他去自己谋生之后，他完全疯了。 (3) 金姆举起手，似乎是要挡开他的朋友。 (4) 他用胳膊挡回了这一击。 (5) 大多数动物让他们的幼仔从小就独立生活。
vocabulary简明	If you get along on your own, with no assistance from another person, you can say that you fend for yourself.
vocabulary扩展	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."
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。 3 [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

Fend Verb [V N Defend Left Young Phrasal