| 词汇 | tend |
| 释义 | tend verb uk /tend/ us /tend/ tendverb (BE LIKELY)B2[ I ] to be likely to behave in a particular way or have a particular characteristic: 倾向;易于;往往会 [ + to infinitive ]We tend to get cold winters and warm, dry summers in this part of the country.在我国这个地区，往往冬季寒冷而夏季温暖干燥。 I think you tend to eat more in the winter.我想你在冬天可能会吃得更多。 Children tend to get unsettled if you keep on changing their routine. Paintwork on the corner of a stairway tends to get nicked and scratched.楼梯转角处的油漆往往容易被刮擦剥落。 The British traditionally tend not to display much emotion in public. Things tend to get lost when you move house. Possible and probable add credence to something always anything's possibleidiom arguably as never beforeidiom bet fair happen houseroom I shouldn't wonderidiom in with a chance it isn't over until the fat lady singsidiom manage margin probabilistic probabilistically probability probable probably tip tendverb (CARE)[ T ]formal to care for something or someone: 照顾，照管;护理 He carefully tended his sunflower plants.他精心照料他的向日葵。 The nurse gently tended the patient's cuts and bruises.护士细心护理病人的伤口和瘀肿。 to take care of someone or something care forShe had to give up her job to care for her elderly mother. take care ofI just want to make enough money to take care of my family. look afterMy aunt looked after me after my parents died. nurseHe nursed me back to health. tendHe lived a quiet life, tending his garden and his hives. Medical treatment: treating & caring for people aggressively bed blocker bed-blocking bring bring someone around clinic health navigator health tourism hold a clinicidiom keep your/an eye on something/someoneidiom logroll logrolling nurse prep reablement referral rehospitalization rehospitalize respite care self-care tend bar US to make and serve drinks in a bar or at a party: She tends bar in a hotel in New York. We need two helpers - one to clean during and after the party and one to tend bar. Synonym bartend Related word bartender Selling & serving alcoholic drinks bar barkeeper barmaid barman bartend cocktail lounge cut something off free house gastropub hostelry innkeeper landlady nineteenth pub public bar public house publican roadhouse saloon wine bar tend goal US (in some sports) to be the player who stands in a team's goal to try to stop the other team from scoring: He biked, hiked and maintained a passion for soccer - he tended goal - well into old age. For several years he tended goal for the Boston Bruins. Related words goaltender goaltending Competitors & participants in sports & games anchorman attacker back four baller ballplayer challenger competitor jumper logroller long-jumper longboarder major league mid-table opponent retire torero toxophilite traceur trampolinist trialist You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hockey Football/soccer Phrasal verbtend to someone/something tend | American Dictionarytend verb us/tend/ tendverb (BE LIKELY)[ I ] to be likely to happen or to have a particular characteristic or effect: We tend to eat at home. Children tend to be like their parents. tendverb (CARE)[ T ] to care for something or someone: He carefully tends his garden all summer. Examples of tendtend Discussions of underfunding and marginalization as causes of an institutional crisis have tended to use the following line of argument. Thus, the neuron tends strongly toward one or the other of these two states. The carver tends to change direction frequently, often crossing his previous marks from another angle. There is a break certainly from its conventional uses that tends towards metaphor. Since then, however, it has tended increasingly to act bilaterally. The only things tending to modify the density of this pattern are variations in the conditions of transport and accessibility. There were, then, various reasons tending to limit the immediate impact of administrative reforms compared with other causes of changes in population levels. The courts tended to avoid not only making judgements but also stating legal principles. The choice of a lower perspective in itself tends toward protest. Moreover, rather as substance dualism tends to do, it seems to undermine the causal role of consciousness in, for example, bringing about or influencing actions. What was clearer was that the range of opinion in the press tended increasingly to favour the government. Work with offenders tended to reinforce these trends. The party as a whole tended to represent the employed and the over-thirties. The fact that it was shown that corporal punishment in a school tended to exacerbate rather than diminish misbehaviour was the principal reason for reform. In the absence of such a detailed-and repeated-articulation, national security tends not to rise very high on the list of congressional priorities. See all examples of tend These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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