tended

英 [ˈtendɪd]

美 [ˈtendɪd]

v.  往往会; 常常就; 趋向; 走向; 倾向; 趋于; 照料; 照管; 护理
tend的过去分词和过去式

过去式：tended　

COCA.40884

柯林斯词典

• VERB 往往会；经常就
  If somethingtends tohappen, it usually happens or it often happens.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. They tend to buy cheap processed foods like canned chicken and macaroni.
     他们往往会买便宜的加工食品，像鸡肉罐头和通心粉之类的。
• VERB 倾向于，容易表现出(某种特性)
  If youtend towardsa particular characteristic, you often display that characteristic.
  1. 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 youtend tothink something when you want to give your opinion, but do not want it to seem too forceful or definite.
  1. 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 youtendsomeone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them in a good condition or to improve their condition.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 youtend tosomeone or something, you pay attention to them and deal with their problems and needs.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• However, traders tended to discount the rumor
  然而，商人往往不相信这一谣传。
• 'Even my good reviews have tended to be backhanded compliments,' he says. 'They'll say I was good and almost unbearably grotesque.'
  “即便赞扬我的评论也多似明褒实贬，”他说。“他们会说我的表演不错，荒诞得几乎让人接受不了。”
• Scientists have tended to skate over the difficulties of explaining dreams
  科学家们往往回避释梦的难题。
• Warfare, both conventional and unconventional, tended to unfold in campaigns of predictable and relatively short duration.
  战争，包括传统的和非传统的，趋向于沿着持续时间可以预见的和相对较短的战役模式展开。
• They've tended to farm out work to consultants.
  他们经常把业务分包给顾问。
• Jay had always tended to keep his girlfriends at a distance.
  杰伊一贯和他的女朋友们保持距离。
• When we get these men tended to.
  等我们安排好了这些人再说。
• I tended to mistrust my emotions and intellectualize everything.
  我往往不相信自己的情感，倾向于把一切事物都理智化。
• The jockey said he tended to flick horses with the whip.
  骑手说他经常会用鞭子抽马。
• Inflationary pressures have tended to come from wages and salaries.
  通货膨胀的压力往往来自于工资和薪金。