Tend



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.照料, 看顾
• ［英］ v.照料, 看顾 ( to act as an attendant;serve)
• ［类］ assert : belabor / tend : fuss ( 程度: 声明 -> 过分声明 / 照顾 -> 过分关心)
• ［例］ tend plants ( 照料植物) / tend to the other guests ( 关照其他客人)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, short for attenden to attend
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. archaic listen
  • 2. to pay attention ; apply oneself <tend to your own affairs><tend to our correspondence>
  • 3. to act as an attendant ; serve <tended to his wife>
  • 4. obsolete await
• transitive verb
  • 1. archaic to attend as a servant
  • 2.
    • a. to apply oneself to the care of ; watch over <tended her sick father>
    • b. to have or take charge of as a caretaker or overseer <tend the sheep>
    • c. cultivate, foster
    • d. to manage the operations of ; mind <tend the store><tend the fire>
  • 3. to stand by (as a rope) in readiness to prevent mischance (as fouling)

II. intransitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, to stretch, direct oneself, from Anglo-French tendre — more at tender
• Date: 14th century
• 1. to move, direct, or develop one's course in a particular direction <cannot tell where society is tending>
• 2. to exhibit an inclination or tendency ; conduce <tends to be optimistic>

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