英汉词典

tend 基本解释

• vi. 趋向，倾向；照料，照顾
• vt. 照料，照管

tend 词态变化

tend 中文词源

来自拉丁语 tendere,延伸，拉长，词源同 attend,extend.引申词义倾向，趋向。

tend 英文词源

tend

tend: English has two distinct words tend, but they come from the same ultimate source. Tend ‘look after’ [14] is short for attend, which goes back to Latin compound verb based on tendere ‘stretch’ – source of English tend ‘have an inclination’ [14]. Tendere itself was descended from the Indo-European base *ten- ‘stretch’ (source also of English tenant, tenuous, thin, tone, tune, etc), and its other contributions to English include contend [15], distend [14], extend, intend, portend [15], pretend, and also ostensible, tendency [17], tense, tension, and tent.
=> contend, distend, extend, intend, ostensible, portend, pretend, tenant, tense, tent, tenterhooks, tenuous, thin, tone, tune

tend (v.1)

"to incline, to move in a certain direction," early 14c., from Old French tendre "stretch out, hold forth, hand over, offer" (11c.), from Latin tendere "to stretch, extend, make tense; aim, direct; direct oneself, hold a course" (see tenet).

tend (v.2)

"attend to," c. 1200, a shortening of Middle English atenden (see attend).

tend 英文释义

1. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;

"She tends to be nervous before her lectures"

"These dresses run small"

"He inclined to corpulence"

2. have care of or look after;

"She tends to the children"

3. manage or run;

"tend a store"

tend 同义词解析

nurse, tend, foster, cultivate, cherish

这些动词均含"照料，培育"之意。

nurse： 通常指对无力自顾的婴儿、病人等进行照料或护理。

tend： 指出于责任心、博爱心而不是私人感情去对人或物进行照顾。

foster： 指对孩子的关心、鼓励、供养及抚养其成长；也指鼓励、促进事物的增长与发展。

cultivate： 具体意义指耕耘、培育植物；抽象意义指培养兴趣或向往的理想事物。

cherish： 强调抚育或爱抚。

tend 双语例句

1. We tend to meet up for lunch once a week.

我们往往每周共进一次午餐。

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2. Older mothers tend to be too idealistic about the pleasures of motherhood.

较年长的母亲往往对身为人母的乐趣过于理想化。

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3. I tend to stick to fresh fruit for pudding.

我一直坚持用新鲜水果做甜点。

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4. 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。

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5. I tend to get very uptight during a match.

比赛时我总会紧张得不行。

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tend 实用场景例句

Women tend to live longer than men.

女人往往比男人长寿。

牛津词典

When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes.

我累了就容易出错。

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It tends to get very cold here in the winter.

这里冬天往往会很冷。

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People tend to think that the problem will never affect them.

人们往往认为这个问题绝不会影响到他们。

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His views tend towards the extreme.

他的观点趋于偏激。

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Prices have tended downwards over recent years.

近年来物价趋于下降。

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a shepherd tending his sheep

照看羊的牧人

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Doctors and nurses tended the injured.

医生和护士护理受伤者。

牛津词典

well-tended gardens

精心照料的花园

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Ambulance crews were tending to the injured.

救护车上的救护人员在照料受伤者。

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He had a job tending bar in San Francisco.

他在旧金山做酒吧服务员。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

FRANCESCA : If that happens, you have to decide. Because I can't.

弗朗西斯卡: 如果真是那样, 你得做决定, 因为我不能.

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He means no harm by saying what he thinks, but people tend to be upset by it.

他想到什么就说什么,并无恶意, 但人们听了心里总是不舒服.

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Bulky clothes tend to hinder movement.

肥大的衣服常常碍手碍脚.

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He'd got a way of his own and I tend to take after him.

他有自己的一套方式,我想效仿他.

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Officials tend to tilt toward secrecy from a parochial view of their responsibilities.

官吏出于狭隘的责任观念往往倾向于保密.

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In course of time old customs and observances tend to fall into neglect.

随着时间的推移,旧风俗习惯有被忽略的趋势.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at sport than girls.

学校往往会助长男孩比女孩体育强这一错误观念的延续.

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