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Tend Verb 例:In Good 英[Tend 美[Tɛnd Vt.照料,照顾;护理;照管,管理;Vi.倾向(于),趋向(于);伺侯,招待;关心;注意 往往会;经常就

单词 tend
音标
英[tend] 美[tɛnd]
解释
vt.照料,照顾;护理;照管,管理;vi.倾向(于),趋向(于);伺侯,招待;关心;注意;
例句

VERB
往往会;经常就
If something tends to happen, it usually happens or it often happens.
例: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。
例: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。

VERB
倾向于,容易表现出(某种特性)
If you tend towards a particular characteristic, you often display that characteristic.
例: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。

VERB
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.
例: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。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例: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。

VERB
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.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
third:tends~done:tended~ing:tending~past:tended~

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