tend
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/tend/
/tend/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they tend | /tend/ /tend/ |
| he / she / it tends | /tendz/ /tendz/ |
| past simple tended | /ˈtendɪd/ /ˈtendɪd/ |
| past participle tended | /ˈtendɪd/ /ˈtendɪd/ |
| -ing form tending | /ˈtendɪŋ/ /ˈtendɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] tend to do something to be likely to do something or to happen in a particular way because this is what often or usually happens
往往会；常常就 - Women tend to live longer than men.
女人往往比男人长寿。 - People tend to be happier if they are in a long-term relationship.
如果处于长期关系中，人们往往会更快乐。 - When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes.
我累了就容易出错。 - It tends to get very cold here in the winter.
这里冬天往往会很冷。 - People tend to think that the problem will never affect them.
人们往往认为这个问题绝不会影响到他们。 - I tend to agree with many of the points you make.
我倾向于同意你提出的许多观点。 - I tend to focus on dance, but acting and singing are equally important to me.
我倾向于专注于舞蹈，但表演和唱歌对我来说同样重要。 - Large class size will tend to increase the use of the lecture.
班级人数多会增加讲座的使用率。
Language Bank generallygenerallyWays of saying ‘in general’“通常” 的表达方式 - Women generally earn less than men.
女人通常比男人挣钱少。
- Women generally earn less than men.
- Generally speaking, jobs traditionally done by women are paid at a lower rate than those traditionally done by men.
一般来说，传统上由妇女干的工作比传统上由男人干的工作报酬低。
- Generally speaking, jobs traditionally done by women are paid at a lower rate than those traditionally done by men.
- In general/By and large, women do not earn as much as men.
总的说来，女人不如男人挣钱多。
- In general/By and large, women do not earn as much as men.
- Certain jobs, like nursing and cleaning, are still mainly carried out by women.
有些工作仍然主要由女性做，比如护理和保洁。
- Certain jobs, like nursing and cleaning, are still mainly carried out by women.
- Senior management posts are predominantly held by men.
高层管理职位大多由男性担任。
- Senior management posts are predominantly held by men.
- Most senior management posts tend to be held by men.
大多数高层管理职位通常由男性担任。
- Most senior management posts tend to be held by men.
- Women are, for the most part, still paid less than men.
女人的薪水多半仍比男人低。
- Women are, for the most part, still paid less than men.
- Economic and social factors are, to a large extent, responsible for women being concentrated in low-paid jobs.
经济和社会因素在很大程度上导致女性集中于低报酬工作。
- Economic and social factors are, to a large extent, responsible for women being concentrated in low-paid jobs.
- Women tend to live longer than men.
- [intransitive] tend (to/towards something) to take a particular direction or often have a particular quality
趋向；走向；倾向；趋于 - His views tend towards the extreme.
他的观点趋于偏激。 - Prices have tended downwards over recent years.
近年来物价趋于下降。
- His views tend towards the extreme.
- [transitive, intransitive] to care for somebody/something
照料；照管；护理 - tend somebody/something a shepherd tending his sheep
照看羊的牧人 - Doctors and nurses tended the injured.
医生和护士护理受伤者。 - well-tended gardens
精心照料的花园 - tend to somebody/something Ambulance crews were tending to the injured.
救护车上的救护人员在照料受伤者。
- They helped the farmers tend their cattle.
他们帮助农民放牛。 - She lovingly tended her garden.
她悉心打理她的花园。 - He tended to her every need.
他照管她的一切需要。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- lovingly
- to
- well-tended
- tend somebody/something a shepherd tending his sheep
- [transitive] tend something (North American English) to serve customers in a store, bar, etc.
招待，侍候，照顾，照料（商店、酒吧等的顾客） - He had a job tending bar in San Francisco.
他在旧金山做酒吧服务员。
- He had a job tending bar in San Francisco.
词源senses 1 to 2 Middle English (in the sense ‘move or be inclined to move in a certain direction’): from Old French tendre ‘stretch, tend’, from Latin tendere.senses 3 to 4 Middle English: shortening of attend.