fend

英 [fend] 美 [fend]

• v. 照料；挡开；[英口]供养

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 独立生活，照料自己

   look after oneself

2. vi. 挡开，避开

   push away;act to avoid

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 挡开
2. <英口>供养
3. 闪避，避开，回避
4. 照料（自己），照顾
5. 自谋生计，独立生活
6. 抵挡，抵御，抵抗，防御
7. 击退
8. 努力，力争
9. 保护
10. 设法应付

英英释义

Verb:

1. try to manage without help;

   "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"
   

2. withstand the force of something;

   "The trees resisted her"
   "stand the test of time"
   "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. I'm tired of trying to help him; in future he will have to fend for himself.
   我对帮助他感到厌倦，将来他会照料他自己。
2. The children had to fend for themselves while their parents worked.
   孩子们在父母工作的时候不得不自己照料自己。
3. He's gone completely round the twist since his mother died and left him to fend for himself.
   自从他母亲去世并丢下他去自己谋生之后，他完全疯了。
4. Kim put up his hand, as if to fend off his friend.
   金姆举起手，似乎是要挡开他的朋友。
5. He was able to fend off the blow with his arm.
   他用胳膊挡回了这一击。
6. Most animals let their young fend for themselves from an early age.
   大多数动物让他们的幼仔从小就独立生活。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. She had to fend for herself from the age of thirteen.
   她从13岁起就得独立生活。
2. He put up his hands to fend off the birds.
   他举起双手，把鸟儿挡开。
3. He managed to fend off questions about new tax increases.
   他设法避开了关于新增赋税的问题。

经典引文

• Go to bed with hot Horlick's malted milk to fend off night starvation.

  出自： C. Rycroft

词汇搭配

• fend off 挡开
• fend for oneself 照料自己
• fend for yourself 独自谋生(照料自己)...
• fend for 照料

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. fend通常用作不及物动词，作“独立生活，照料自己”解时常与for连用，后常接oneself作宾语；作“挡开，避开”解时常与off连用。

近反义词

【近义词】

• stand 站立
• resist 抵制