Tend
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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
He tends towards selfishness.
他有自私自利的倾向。
You'd better tend to your own affairs.
你还是管好自己的事情吧!
She tends to get angry when others disagree with her.
别人不同意她的看法时,她很容易生气。
Angular perturbations tend to increase instead of decrease.
角扰动倾向于增加而不是减少。
Children tend to react against their parents by going against their wishes.
孩子们通常以违背父母的意愿来反抗他们。
🌱 联想助记
【串】护士细心的tend(照料)ten(十)个tender(脆弱)的病人
【记】※ ten-十,d-拼音“弟”:十个弟弟需要照顾
※ pretend-假装,tend-照顾:他假装在照顾我
※ ten-十,d-似“行李箱”:这十个行李箱走向不明(倾向)
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-tend-表示“延伸”
常见变体有-tent-、-tens-
📖 牛津释义
tend
v[Tn]
1 take care of or look after (sb/sth) 照料, 照管（某人[某事物]）
nurses tending (the wounds of) the injured 照料受伤者的护士
shepherds tending their sheep 照管羊的牧人.
2 (US) serve customers in (a shop, bar, etc) 在（店铺、 酒吧等）中接待顾客
tend the store 照看店铺.
tend v
1 [It] be likely to behave in a certainway or to have a certain characteristic or influence 倾向; 趋向; 趋於
I tend to go to bed earlier during the winter. 我在冬天常睡得较早.
Women tend to live longer than men. 女人多比男人长寿.
Recent laws have tended to restrict the freedom of the press. 新法例有限制新闻自由的趋势.
It tends to rain here a lot in summer. 这里夏天较为多雨.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ to/towards sth take a certain direction 朝某方向
The track tends upwards. 这痕迹是朝著上方的.
(fig 比喻) He tends towards extreme views. 他的观点趋於偏激.
🎯 考研助记
十(ten)只鹿(d)需要 照管
🔁 扩展释义
*[tend]vi. 走向, 有某种的倾向, 易于, 照顾, 注意vt. 照料, 护理
🌿 同词根单词
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What did you do at the meeting?
你们在会上做什么呢？
How long can you hold your breath underwater?
你在水里屏住气不呼吸能呆多久？
So, although I still have large business interests,I always look for chances to make life easier for some of the children in this world.
因此，虽然我仍然拥有许多商业股份，但是我总是在寻找机会使世界上一些儿童的生活过得好一些。