fend for

1. The woman and her young baby had been thrown out and left to fend for themselves.
   这个女人和她年幼的婴儿被赶了出来，无人照管。
2. She had to fend for herself from the age of thirteen.
   她从13岁起就得独立生活。
3. The children are grown up and able to fend for themselves.
   孩子们长大了，翅膀也够硬了。
4. Many employees have to fend for themselves.
   许多员工必须独立照顾自己。
5. The ACFTU and its affiliates rarely confront management, often leaving workers to fend for themselves in industrial disputes.
   中华全国总工会及其分支机构很少与管理层对抗，往往让员工自己在劳资纠纷中维权。
6. I'm for helping those in need, not telling them to fend for themselves.
   我要帮助那些需要帮助的人，而不是告诉他们自己想办法谋生去。
7. At some point, this must drain away, leaving fundamentals to fend for themselves.
   总有一天，这些资金会消耗殆尽，只留下基本面因素来左右市场。
8. Mario Draghi could have told the euro to fend for itself or shifted all his cash to Swiss francs.
   马里奥德拉吉（mariodraghi）本来可以叫欧元去自生自灭，或者是将他手头所有的现金都兑换成瑞士法郎。
9. You'll have to fend for yourself this weekend.
   这个周末你得自己照顾自己了。
10. You won't have me to depend on, so fend for yourselves.
    你们不能再依靠我了，自己照顾自己吧。
11. But I have to work to fend for myself and my family, she said.
    但我要工作，照顾自己和我的家庭，她说。
12. Be thankful that someone took care of you when you ware too little to fend for yourself.
    要感激那些在你太年幼而无独立生活能力时照顾过你的人。
13. Once off the payrolls, retirees must surrender company houses and other benefits and fend for themselves.
    他们一旦退职或退休、从公司花名册上除名，就得交出公司的房子，放弃一切福利，自谋生路。
14. They wanted government small and taxes low, with individuals in economic trouble left to fend for themselves.
    他们想要的是“小”政府和低税率，主张百姓个人的经济困窘留给他们自己去解决。
15. The old couple have no one to do housework; they have to fend for themselves.
    没有人为两位老人做家务；他们得自己照顾自己。
16. In future he will have to fend for himself.
    从今以后他得自己谋生了。
17. The children had to fend for themselves while their parents worked.
    孩子们在父母工作的时候不得不自己照料自己。
18. His parents cast him out and he was forced to fend for himself.
    他的父母抛弃了他，他被迫自己谋生。
19. They said then that if the offer failed they would let bear shareholders fend for themselves in bankruptcy court.
    他们称，如果收购失败，他们将撒手不管，让贝尔斯登的股东在破产法庭上自己照顾自己了。
20. The small koalas can climb out directly from the pouch and onto the mother's back before learning to feed and fend for themselves.
    在学会觅食和独立以前，小无尾熊可以从袋里出来直接爬到母亲的背上。
21. The rations issued to the gasoline would last for two days; after that they would fend for themselves.
    定量发放汽油两天，之后他们就得自己解决问题了。
22. Now that the children are old enough to fend for themselves, we can go away on holiday alone.
    既然孩子已经大了，可以自己照料自己，我们可以单独出去度假了。
23. Grown up children should leave home and fend for themselves.
    孩子长大了应该离家独自去谋生。
24. TB: Caleb's definitely had a rough life and had to fend for himself for a long time.
    Caleb的生活确实是艰苦，一直以来都要靠自己打工谋生。
25. Left to fend for itself, New Delhi has steered clear of confrontation with Beijing.
    被置于孤军奋战境地的新德里，避免了与北京方面展开对抗。
26. The risk that needs to be lowered is the risk to society overall; if that is done, individuals with the desire and the means to gamble can fend for themselves.
    有必要降低的是对社会的风险。如果做到了这一点，那些有赌博意愿和实力的个体就可以自立了。
27. The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died.
    父母去世后，孩子们人就得自己谋生了。
28. How I wish that I and my future husband fend for each other with eternity, I can always nestle in the warmth of his arm.
    我多么希望我和我未来的丈夫能永远守候在一起，我可以依偎在他那温暖而强劲的臂弯直到永远。
29. And then he and all the world leaders walk away and leave the people to fend for themselves.
    然后，他和所有的世界领导人走开，让人民自己照顾自己。
30. It is unlikely that Kim Jong-il would send his youngest son into the political arena to fend for himself.
    金正日不太可能在将其幼子送上政治舞台后，让其孤立无援。

verb

1. argue or speak in defense of
   1. She supported the motion to strike

   Synonym:    defendsupport