tend

英 [tend] 美 [tend]

• v. 趋向；易于；朝向
• v. 照料；照管

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 照料,照顾,伺候

   look after; take care of

2. vi. 易于

   be liable, apt, or inclined to act or think in a certain way

3. vi. 往,朝向

   move or develop one's course in a certain direction

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 易于，往往会
2. 有助于
3. 照顾，照料，照管，护理，侍候
4. 走向，趋向（于），倾向
5. 【海】照料（缆绳，锚链）以免纠缠
6. <美口>注意，关心

n. 名词

1. 倾向，趋向，目的性

英英释义

Verb:

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"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Weeds tend to displace other plants.
   杂草越来越多，有取代其他植物之势。
2. During the interview, some interviewees tend to exaggerate.
   面试时,有些面试者会有夸大的倾向。
3. He's a good salesman, but his offhand manner does tend to put people off.
   他是个很好的推销员，可是他那随便的态度容易使人产生反感。
4. Prices are tending upward.
   物价在上涨。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Mother being ill, he had to tend her at home.
   母亲病了,他得在家照料她。
2. You'd better tend to your own affairs.
   你还是管好自己的事情吧!

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The river here tends eastward.
   这条河从这里向东流。
2. At junction take the road that tends west.
   到交叉路口时,走朝西的那条路。
3. Prices are tending upwards.
   物价趋涨。

S+～+to- v

1. I tend to go to bed earlier during the winter.
   我在冬天常睡得比较早。
2. He tends to speak too quickly.
   他往往说话太快。
3. People tend to get fat when they grow older.
   人们年纪大时往往会发胖。
4. It tends to become very cold at night now.
   现在晚上变得很冷。
5. The world population tends to increase more and more.
   世界人口日趋增加。
6. He tends to get very angry when people disagree with him.
   当有人与他意见不一致时他很容易生气。
7. Too much smoking tends to cause cancer.
   吸烟过多容易得癌症。
8. This measures tend to improve working conditions.
   这些措施有助于改善劳动条件。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. She tended her husband carefully during his illness.
   她丈夫生病期间,她无微不至地照顾他。
2. The doctors and nurses in this hospital tend the sick patiently.
   这个医院的医生和护士耐心地护理病人。
3. The shepherd tends his sheep.
   牧羊人看管他的羊群。
4. Who will tend the garden while you are on vacation?
   你休假期间谁照料花园?
5. He tends a shop for his father.
   他为父亲照料一家商店。
6. The old workers tend the machines carefully.
   老工人们细心地照料机器。
7. She was tending the stove as she talked to him.
   她一边看着炉子,一边跟他谈话。
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8. Nothing could saved the boy even if he had been tended without delay.
   即使当时那男孩得到及时照护,他的生命也无法挽救了。
9. It had evidently not been tended since his departure.
   很明显在他离开后,没人照料它。

经典引文

• You got to wait a little while. Then I'll tend to you.

  出自： W. Faulkner

• The path tends west around small mountains.

  出自： P. Matthiessen

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

tend on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)

照顾,照管 look after
tend on〔upon〕 sb/sth
We should tend on customers warmly.

我们应该热情招待顾客。
Linda has to tend on her master to make a living.

林达得服侍她的主人来维持生活。
The old lady has many maids tending upon her.

这位老太太有许多女仆服侍她。

tend to〔towards〕 (v.+prep.)

照料,照管 take care of or look after

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• tend the garden 照料花园
• tend the machines 照料机器
• tend one's sheep 看管羊群
• tend a shop 照料一家商店
• tend the sick 护理病人
• tend the stove 照看炉子

～+副词

• tend downward 下降
• tend eastward 向东
• tend upward 上涨
• tend affectionately 热情地照顾
• tend carefully 仔细护理
• tend faithfully 真诚地接待
• tend fervently 热情地接待
• tend materially 物质上加以照顾
• tend maternally 慈爱地照顾
• tend progressively 逐渐倾向

～+介词

• tend on〔upon〕 sb 服侍某人
• tend to dullness 趋于乏味
• tend to the same conclusion 趋于同一结论
• tend to one side 倾向一方
• tend to one's own affairs〔business〕 管自己的事
• tend towards 趋向…
• tend towards democracy 倾向民主政治
• tend towards jazz 倾向于爵士乐

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. tend的基本意思是“加以注意”,多指某种平凡的、无需特殊技艺的日常工作,且需多加以注意,以防范事故与危险,保证正常运转等。指非职业性的照顾、侍候,强调平等性与帮助性。还可表示“倾向”“趋于”。用于人则表示“照料”。
2. tend用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
3. tend用作不及物动词时,后接介词to, towards或动词不定式,表示“倾向于”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

tend to, mind

• 两者的共同意思是“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。

词源解说

• ☆ 1350年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的tendre，意为拉伸，团结，报价；最初源自古典拉丁语的tendere，意为目标，拉伸，延长。

近反义词

【近义词】

• incline 倾斜
• lean 倾斜
• bend 弯曲
• look after 照料
• care for 照顾
• watch over 看守
• watch 注视
• cultivate 栽培
• lean towards 倾向
• be likely to 可能的, 要发生的, 有...
• be apt to 易于, 倾向于...
• veer 转向
• verge 接近
• take care of 照顾
• be in charge of 负责
• manage 管理
• keep an eye on 留意
• attend 出席
• serve 服务
• nurse 护士
• mind 头脑
• help 帮助
• foster 领养
• administer 管理
• look 看
• for 为
• over 在 ... 的上方...
• care 关心
• after 以后
• run 跑
• cherish 珍爱