tend的解释 tend的解释是什么

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. 注意，关心

1. 倾向，趋向，目的性

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

1.往往会；经常就
If somethingtends to happen, it usually happens or it often happens.

tend的反义词

e.g. A problem for manufacturers is that lighter carstend to be noisy...
制造商们遇到的一个问题是，重量较轻的汽车往往噪音大。
e.g. In older age groups women predominate because mentend to die younger...
在老年群体里女性占大多数，因为男性通常不易高寿。

2.倾向于，容易表现出(某种特性)
If youtend towards a particular characteristic, you often display that characteristic.

e.g. Artistic and intellectual peopletend towards left-wing views.
搞艺术的人和知识分子容易持“左倾”观点。

3.个人认为;个人觉得
You can say that youtend to think something when you want to give your opinion, but do not want it to seem too forceful or definite.

e.g. Itend to think that members of parliament by and large do a good job.
我个人觉得，议会议员总体上工作还是不错的。

4.护理;照料;照看
If youtend someone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them in a good condition or to improve their condition.

e.g. For years he tended her in her painful illness...
多年来她一直受到病痛的折磨，都是他在照料。
e.g. He tends the flower beds and evergreens that he has planted in the driveway.
他打理着他栽在车道两旁的花坛和常青树。

5.照顾;照管;伺候
If youtend to someone or something, you pay attention to them and deal with their problems and needs.

e.g. In our culture, girls are brought up totend to the needs of others...
在我们的文化里，女孩从小就学着照料别人。
e.g. She hurried away to pour more coffee andtend to the grill.
她匆忙走开，去添加咖啡和照看烤架。

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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。