tending

英 [ˈtendɪŋ]

美 [ˈtendɪŋ]

v.  往往会; 常常就; 趋向; 走向; 倾向; 趋于; 照料; 照管; 护理
tend的现在分词

现在分词：tending　

化学

COCA.41487

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。

英英释义

noun

• the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
  1. no medical care was required
  2. the old car needs constant attention
  Synonym:careattentionaid

双语例句

• Biology Tending to deviate, as from a normal or recognized type; aberrant.
  倾向于偏离，如从一个正常的或被承认了的类型；畸变的。
• Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value.
  倾向于减少或价值上减少的。
• Tending or directed upward.
  向上趋势的或指向上的。
• But farming cannot support two families, so the younger man has taken a job tending graveyards instead.
  但经营农场的收入没法供养两个家庭，所以他的儿子找了另外一份工作&看墓地。
• Gardening: Laying out and tending of a garden.
  园艺：布置和管理一座花园。
• Tending her mother has filled a void in her life.
  照顾母亲填补了她生活中的空虚。
• Prices are tending upward [ downward].
  物价趋涨[降]。
• His conduct tending to disregard the judge's order constituted contempt of court.
  他不遵从法官命令之行为构成了藐视法庭罪。
• Tending directly to the life of misery which was to befal me.
  直接导致了降临在我面前的悲惨生活。
• Change law and tending of the industrial structure;
  产业结构的变化规律和趋向；