fend是什么意思？

fend

英[fend] 美[fɛnd]

• vt.& vi. 谋生，防御，保护，供养，闪避，挡开；
• vi. 照料，供养，力争；

第三人称单数：fends;

过去式：fended;

过去分词：fended;

现在分词：fending;

例句

• The old couple have no one to do housework; they have to fend for themselves. 没有人为两位老人做家务; 他们得自己照顾自己。
• To fend off would - be robbers? 为了 防 贼 吗 ?
• I had to keep from being crushed, to fend off continuous attack. 我必须不让自己被压服和提防连续不断的攻击.
• A pair of reapers help fend off the attack. 几个收割者辅助攻击这些小狗.
• How could I leave my loving, erratic, harebrained mother to fend for her herself? 我怎么可以撇下我可爱 、 古怪 、 率性的母亲,让她独自一人去生活 呢 ?
• He raised his arm up to fend branches from his eyes. 他举手将树枝从他眼前档开.
• I've had to fend for myself since I was 14. 我从十四岁时起就不得不照料自己.
• He raised his hand to fend off the blow. 他抬起手来抵挡那一拳。
• He had struggled to pay off creditors but couldn't fend them off any longer. 他曾想方设法还债主的钱，但却再也躲不过他们了。
• The woman and her young baby had been thrown out and left to fend for themselves. 这个女人和她年幼的婴儿被赶了出来，无人照管。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  照料，照顾(自己)
  If you have to fend for yourself, you have to look after yourself without relying on help from anyone else.
  例句
  The woman and her young baby had been thrown out and left to fend for themselves. 这个女人和她年幼的婴儿被赶了出来，无人照管。
• PHRASAL VERB
  挡开，避开(问题或人)
  If you fend off unwanted questions, problems, or people, you stop them from affecting you or defend yourself from them, but often only for a short time and without dealing with them completely.
  例句
  He looked relaxed and determined as he fended off questions from the world's Press... 他回避各国媒体的提问时显得轻松而果决。 He had struggled to pay off creditors but couldn't fend them off any longer. 他曾想方设法还债主的钱，但却再也躲不过他们了。
• PHRASAL VERB
  挡住，抵挡(攻击)
  If you fend off someone who is attacking you, you use your arms or something such as a stick to defend yourself from their blows.
  例句
  He raised his hand to fend off the blow. 他抬起手来抵挡那一拳。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  独立生活, 照料自己
  I've had to fend for myself since I was 14. 我从十四岁时起就不得不照料自己。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. try to manage without help;
  "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"
  2. withstand the force of something;
  "The trees resisted her""stand the test of time""The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"