tend
UK/tend/US
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释义
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
词根拆分
词根派生=tend
tend 就是赤裸的词根(拉丁语 tendere,"伸展"),单独用作动词。tend to do(倾向于)保留了"朝某方向倾斜、伸展"的意思——你的行为往那边偏。"照料"义(tend a garden 打理花园)是 attend 的缩略:把注意力伸向某物去照看它。
词根 tend 还连着 40 个词常用搭配
- 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
例句
- 1.
Prices tend to rise during the holiday season.
节假日期间物价往往会上涨。
- 2.
She tends to worry about things that never happen.
她总爱担心那些根本不会发生的事。
- 3.
He spends his weekends tending the vegetable garden.
他周末都在打理菜园。