tended是什么意思？

tended

• v. 照料( tend的过去式和过去分词 )，照顾，招待，侍候；

例句

• She tended her husband carefully during his illness. 她丈夫生病期间, 她无微不至地照顾他。
• The shepherd tended a flock. 这个牧羊人照管羊群。
• Penny tended to work through her lunch hour in an effort to keep up with her work... 为了把活儿干完，彭妮常常午饭时间也要工作。
• The causes have tended to be unpaid wages or Dickensian working conditions. 事件的起因往往是拖欠工资或堪比狄更斯时代的劳动条件.
• He tended to stutter, which tried her patience. 他老结巴，这叫她难以忍受。
• She tended to monopolize the conversation. 她说个没完,使别人插不上嘴.
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize. 他的血压趋向稳定.
• However, traders tended to discount the rumor. 然而，商人往往不相信这一谣传。
• Scientists have tended to skate over the difficulties of explaining dreams. 科学家们往往回避释梦的难题。
• In this discussion with Micah the wiry old captain tended to ignore his ineffective Son, Bromley. 在同弥迦谈这类事情时,精明的老船工有意忽略他的无能的儿子布朗利.

英语四级真题

Disputes were characterized by intense verbal ( 言语上的) aggression, tended to be repeated and not resolved and made men, more than women, extremely angry.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文

英语六级真题

The unpleasant voices have tended to dominate our perceptions," says Daniel Tichenor, a political science professor at the University of Oregon.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  往往会；经常就
  If something tends to happen, it usually happens or it often happens.
  例句
  A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy... 制造商们遇到的一个问题是，重量较轻的汽车往往噪音大。 In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger... 在老年群体里女性占大多数，因为男性通常不易高寿。
• VERB
  倾向于，容易表现出(某种特性)
  If you tend towards a particular characteristic, you often display that characteristic.
  例句
  Artistic and intellectual people tend towards left-wing views. 搞艺术的人和知识分子容易持“左倾”观点。
• VERB
  个人认为;个人觉得
  You can say that you tend to think something when you want to give your opinion, but do not want it to seem too forceful or definite.
  例句
  I tend to think that members of parliament by and large do a good job. 我个人觉得，议会议员总体上工作还是不错的。
• VERB
  护理;照料;照看
  If you tend someone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them in a good condition or to improve their condition.
  例句
  For years he tended her in her painful illness... 多年来她一直受到病痛的折磨，都是他在照料。 He tends the flower beds and evergreens that he has planted in the driveway. 他打理着他栽在车道两旁的花坛和常青树。
• VERB
  照顾;照管;伺候
  If you tend to someone or something, you pay attention to them and deal with their problems and needs.
  例句
  In our culture, girls are brought up to tend to the needs of others... 在我们的文化里，女孩从小就学着照料别人。 She hurried away to pour more coffee and tend to the grill. 她匆忙走开，去添加咖啡和照看烤架。