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

• Economists have always tended to be blind to distinctions of race, sex and nationality.
  经济学家们总是倾向于对种族、性别和国籍的差异视而不见。
• The immaculately tended gardens are an oasis in the midst of Cairo's urban sprawl.
  在开罗不断扩张的都市版图内，这些被悉心照料的花园成了一片世外桃源。
• However, traders tended to discount the rumor
  然而，商人往往不相信这一谣传。
• This tended to confirm the belief that as humans we are programmed to compete.
  这往往证实了一种看法：作为人类，我们生来就是要竞争。
• Scientists, economists and statisticians have tended to demand causal explanations for the patterns they see.
  科学家、经济学家和统计学家倾向于要求为他们看到的现象提出因果解释。
• He tended to react in a heated and impetuous way.
  他往往反应过火，急躁冲动。
• He tended to stutter, which tried her patience
  他老结巴，这叫她难以忍受。
• 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。
• A peculiar circumstance tended to increase this distrust.
  有一种特别的情况还增加了这种不信任。
• In the mass production era multinational firms tended to centralize their operations
  在大规模生产的时代，跨国公司往往实行集权化经营。