tend to 详细解释

tend to

vt.倾向

有……的倾向

Modern furniture design tends to simplicity.

现代家具设计越来越简单。

词形变化

动词过去式: tended | 动词过去分词: tended | 动词现在分词: tending | 动词第三人称单数: tends |

词义辨析

同义参见:

nurse  

英英释义

动词 tend:

have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

同义词:be given, lean, incline, run

have care of or look after

manage or run

补充

tend totend to1.朝某方向The wind is tending to the south.风势转为南。2.趋向Arthur's books tend to poverty.亚瑟的书趋于单调乏味。

例句

1. In our culture, girls are brought up to tend to the needs of others.在我们的文化里, 女孩从小就要学着照料别人。 2. She hurried away to pour more coffee and tend to the grill.她匆忙走开, 去添咖啡并照看烤架。 3. She stayed at home and tended to her mother.她呆在家里照看母亲。