tend
UK/tend/US
NGSL 1kGREB1
Definitions
v.
To be likely to do something or to regularly behave a certain way
倾向于，往往会
v.
To care for, look after, or manage (a garden, animals, a shop)
照料，看护，打理
Root Breakdown
Root-derived=tend
tend is the bare root (Latin tendere, "stretch"), used as a standalone verb. "Tend to do" keeps the idea of leaning or stretching in a direction — your behaviour inclines that way. The "care for" sense (tend a garden) is a shortening of attend, where you stretch your attention toward something to look after it.
Root tend still carries 40 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.tend to倾向于
- 2.tend toward趋向于
- 3.tend a garden打理花园
- 4.tend to think倾向于认为
Example Sentences
- 1.
Prices tend to rise during the holiday season.
- 2.
She tends to worry about things that never happen.
- 3.
He spends his weekends tending the vegetable garden.