tends
英 [tendz]
美 [tendz]
v. 往往会; 常常就; 趋向; 走向; 倾向; 趋于; 照料; 照管; 护理
tend的第三人称单数
柯林斯词典
- VERB 往往会;经常就
If somethingtends tohappen, it usually happens or it often happens.- 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。 - 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。
- A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy...
- VERB 倾向于,容易表现出(某种特性)
If youtend towardsa particular characteristic, you often display that characteristic.- 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。
- Artistic and intellectual people tend towards left-wing views.
- 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.- 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。
- I tend to think that members of parliament by and large do a good job.
- 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.- 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。
- For years he tended her in her painful illness...
- VERB 照顾;照管;伺候
If youtend tosomeone or something, you pay attention to them and deal with their problems and needs.- 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。
- In our culture, girls are brought up to tend to the needs of others...
双语例句
- A bank's local market share tends to be divided equally between the local branch and branches located elsewhere
银行的地方市场份额通常会在当地分行和其他各地分行之间平均分配。 - A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.
孩子摔倒时,头部最容易受伤。 - A unity invariably tends to break up into different parts.
统一体总要分解为不同部分的。 - Billy tends to keep things to himself more and shut himself off
比利往往更多地将事情藏在心里,把自己封闭起来。 - The plant tends to grow attached to other trees.
这种植物喜欢依附在别的树上生长。 - She tends to magnify all her problems.
她一向乐于夸大她的问题。 - Her prose style is not always felicitous; she tends to repetition.
她的行文风格并非总是恰到好处,往往爱重复。 - Do not add salt to beans when cooking as this tends to toughen the skins.
煮豆荚时别加盐,因为这常会使豆壳变硬。 - The thinking of economic bureaucrats tends to lag behind changes in world conditions.
经济官员的思想往往跟不上世界局势的变化。 - He tends to write bizarre and highly experimental pieces of music
他倾向于创作高度试验性而且风格奇异的音乐作品。