tend

英[tend] 美[tɛnd]
  • vi. 趋向,倾向;照料,照顾
  • vt. 照料,照管

词态变化


第三人称单数: tends;过去式: tended;过去分词: tended;现在分词: tending;

助记提示


1. tend (v.1): a shortening of attend.
2. tend (v.2): tend- => tend "move in a certain direction". 伸展到某个方向,但具体是哪个方向不确定,因此后面接to(towards)来指明具体的方向。

中文词源


tend 倾向,趋向

来自拉丁语 tendere,延伸,拉长,词源同 attend,extend.引申词义倾向,趋向。

英文词源


tend
tend: English has two distinct words tend, but they come from the same ultimate source. Tend ‘look after’ [14] is short for attend, which goes back to Latin compound verb based on tendere ‘stretch’ – source of English tend ‘have an inclination’ [14]. Tendere itself was descended from the Indo-European base *ten- ‘stretch’ (source also of English tenant, tenuous, thin, tone, tune, etc), and its other contributions to English include contend [15], distend [14], extend, intend, portend [15], pretend, and also ostensible, tendency [17], tense, tension, and tent.
=> contend, distend, extend, intend, ostensible, portend, pretend, tenant, tense, tent, tenterhooks, tenuous, thin, tone, tune
tend (v.1)
"to incline, to move in a certain direction," early 14c., from Old French tendre "stretch out, hold forth, hand over, offer" (11c.), from Latin tendere "to stretch, extend, make tense; aim, direct; direct oneself, hold a course" (see tenet).
tend (v.2)
"attend to," c. 1200, a shortening of Middle English atenden (see attend).

双语例句


1. We tend to meet up for lunch once a week.
我们往往每周共进一次午餐。

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2. Older mothers tend to be too idealistic about the pleasures of motherhood.
较年长的母亲往往对身为人母的乐趣过于理想化。

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3. I tend to stick to fresh fruit for pudding.
我一直坚持用新鲜水果做甜点。

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4. They tend to buy cheap processed foods like canned chicken and macaroni.
他们往往会买便宜的加工食品,像鸡肉罐头和通心粉之类的。

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5. I tend to get very uptight during a match.
比赛时我总会紧张得不行。

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