tend

[tend]
  • 释义
  • 往往会;倾向于;个人认为;护理,照料;招待;

  • 词义辨析
  • tend to, mind
  • 两者共同的意思是“注意”“留心”。它们之间的区别在于:
    1.mind多指有可能会发生意外的事,警告某人要小心。
    2.tend to虽有“留心”的意思,但它含有“服侍”的意味。 例如:
    She tended to her affairs carefully.她细心照料她的事务。
    She has many maids tending to her.她有这么多的侍女伺候着她。
    We employed a girl to tend to the children for a few hours each day.我们雇了一个女孩,每天照料孩子们几个小时。
  • tend, attend, mind, watch
  • 这组词都有“照料(某人或某物)”的意思,在含义上略有不同:attend侧重“服侍使其更舒服”; mind侧重“保护其不出意外,不受损害”; tend侧重“注意某事使其正常运转”; watch侧重“预先做好防止发生危险的准备”,有连续性或专职性。例如:
    He attended her through her illness.
    她生病期间他一直照顾着她。
    There was nobody left to mind the shop.
    没人留下看守店铺。
    A farmer is tending his sheep.
    农夫在照看羊群。
    There was a policeman watching the pri- soner outside the house and making sure he didn't escape.
    有位警察在监狱外监视那个犯人以 防他逃跑。
  • nurse,tend,foster,cultivate,cherish
  • 这些动词都含“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。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    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。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 2、

    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》
  • 3、

    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。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 4、

    Bulky clothes tend to hinder movement.

    肥大的衣服常常碍手碍脚.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 5、

    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.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 6、

    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。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 7、

    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.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 8、

    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.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 9、

    In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger...

    在老年群体中女性占大多数,因为男性的寿命往往较短。

    柯林斯高阶英语词典
  • 10、

    Women tend to live longer than men.

    女人往往比男人长寿。

    牛津词典
  • 11、

    a shepherd tending his sheep

    照看羊的牧人

    牛津词典
  • 12、

    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。

    牛津词典
  • 13、

    Prices have tended downwards over recent years.

    近年来物价趋于下降。

    牛津词典
  • 14、

    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.

    期刊摘选
  • 15、

    It tends to get very cold here in the winter.

    这里冬天往往会很冷。

    牛津词典
  • 16、

    Doctors and nurses tended the injured.

    医生和护士护理受伤者。

    牛津词典
  • 17、

    well-tended gardens

    精心照料的花园

    牛津词典
  • 18、

    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
  • 19、

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

    我累了就容易出错。

    牛津词典
  • 20、

    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
  • 21、

    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
  • 22、

    His views tend towards the extreme.

    他的观点趋于偏激。

    牛津词典
  • 23、

    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.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 24、

    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
  • 25、

    He had a job tending bar in San Francisco.

    他在旧金山做酒吧服务员。

    牛津词典
  • 26、

    Ambulance crews were tending to the injured.

    救护车上的救护人员在照料受伤者。

    牛津词典