fend foryourself
phrasal verbwithfendverbuk/fend/us/fend/
C2
to takecareof andprovidefor yourself withoutdependingon anyoneelse:
照顾自己;自谋生计Now that thechildrenareoldenough to fend for themselves, we can go away onholidayby ourselves.既然孩子们已长大能照顾自己了,我们就可以单独出去度假了。
Unaided and working alone
- fair
- go it aloneidiom
- independent
- independently
- self-help
- self-reliance
- self-reliant
- self-taught
- single-handed
- single-handedly
- stand
- stand onyourown (two) feetidiom
- stand-alone
- throwsomeoneback ontheirown resourcesidiom
- unassisted
- underyourown steamidiom
- unforced
- unsupported
- withyourown fair hand(s)idiom
- yourself