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单词 tend
释义
tend
verb
uk
/tend/us
/tend/

tendverb(BE LIKELY)

B2[I]
to belikelytobehavein aparticularway or have aparticularcharacteristic:
倾向；易于；往往会
[+ to infinitive]We tendtogetcoldwintersandwarm,drysummersin thispartof thecountry.在我国这个地区，往往冬季寒冷而夏季温暖干燥。
More examples
  • Ithinkyou tend toeatmore in thewinter.
  • Children tend to getunsettledif youkeeponchangingtheirroutine.
  • Paintwork on thecornerof astairwaytends to getnickedandscratched.
  • The Britishtraditionallytend not todisplaymuchemotioninpublic.
  • Things tend to getlostwhen youmovehouse.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Possible and probable
  • always
  • anything's possibleidiom
  • arguably
  • as never beforeidiom
  • auspiciously
  • bet
  • fair
  • it isn't over until the fat lady singsidiom
  • lean
  • lean towards sth
  • liable
  • likelihood
  • manage
  • maybe
  • probable
  • probably
  • prospective
  • prospectively
  • realm
  • tip
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tendverb(CARE)

[T]formal
tocarefor something or someone:
照顾，照管；护理
Hecarefullytended hissunflowerplants.他精心照料他的向日葵。
Thenursegentlytended the patient'scutsandbruises.护士细心护理病人的伤口和瘀肿。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Medical treatment: treating & caring for people
  • aggressively
  • bed blocker
  • bed-blocking
  • birth tourism
  • bring
  • clinic
  • logroll
  • logrolling
  • look aftersomeone/something
  • medical tourism
  • minister
  • nurse
  • patch
  • prep
  • rehospitalize
  • respite care
  • self-care
  • setsomethingup
  • soother
  • treat
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Phrasal verb

tend tosomeone/something
(Definition oftendfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tend| American Dictionary

tend
verb
us
/tend/

tendverb(BE LIKELY)

[I]
to belikelytohappenor to have aparticularcharacteristicoreffect:
We tend toeatathome.
Children tend to be liketheirparents.

tendverb(CARE)

[T]
tocarefor something or someone:
Hecarefullytends hisgardenallsummer.
(Definition oftendfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftend

tend
Discussions of underfunding and marginalization as causes of an institutional crisis have tended to use the following line of argument.
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Thus, the neuron tends strongly toward one or the other of these two states.
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The carver tends to change direction frequently, often crossing his previous marks from another angle.
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There is a break certainly from its conventional uses that tends towards metaphor.
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Since then, however, it has tended increasingly to act bilaterally.
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The only things tending to modify the density of this pattern are variations in the conditions of transport and accessibility.
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There were, then, various reasons tending to limit the immediate impact of administrative reforms compared with other causes of changes in population levels.
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The courts tended to avoid not only making judgements but also stating legal principles.
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The choice of a lower perspective in itself tends toward protest.
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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.
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What was clearer was that the range of opinion in the press tended increasingly to favour the government.
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Work with offenders tended to reinforce these trends.
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The party as a whole tended to represent the employed and the over-thirties.
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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.
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In the absence of such a detailed-and repeated-articulation, national security tends not to rise very high on the list of congressional priorities.
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