VERB 照料,照顾(自己) If you have to fend for yourself, you have to look after yourself without relying on help from anyone else.
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。
PHRASAL VERB 挡开,避开(问题或人) If you fend off unwanted questions, problems, or people, you stop them from affecting you or defend yourself from them, but often only for a short time and without dealing with them completely.
He looked relaxed and determined as he fended off questions from the world's Press... 他回避各国媒体的提问时显得轻松而果决。
He had struggled to pay off creditors but couldn't fend them off any longer. 他曾想方设法还债主的钱,但却再也躲不过他们了。
PHRASAL VERB 挡住,抵挡(攻击) If you fend off someone who is attacking you, you use your arms or something such as a stick to defend yourself from their blows.
He raised his hand to fend off the blow. 他抬起手来抵挡那一拳。
He looked relaxed and determined as he fended off questions from the world's Press 他回避各国媒体的提问时显得轻松而果决。
I fended off his sword thrust with my spear. 他一刀砍来,我拿枪架住。
His intuition told him it was the wrong thing to do, and he was glad that sheet and tiller kept his hands occupied and fended off temptation. 直觉告诉他不能那样做。他高兴风帆和船舵占住了他的手,挡住了这个诱惑。
The strategy said that routine attacks should be fended off by companies. 该战略指出,常规攻击应该由公司负责抵御。
In Lima, China fended off calls for electronic monitoring of its emissions-reduction plans as part of the United Nations process. 在利马,中国拒绝了对在联合国的程序中对其减排计划进行电子监控的呼吁。
While China represents huge scale as a market, it has fended off the entry of just about every major Western technology start-up. 虽然中国市场规模庞大,但它阻止了几乎所有主要的西方科技初创企业进入市场。
They planted their own vegetables, caught their own fish, ground their own flour, fended off wild beasts, lived by the light of one kerosene lamp, and got soaked when it rained. 他们要自己种菜、捕鱼、磨面粉、驱赶野兽、只靠一盏煤油灯照明,每当下雨时还浑身淋透。
Wilson successfully fended off an aggressive effort by ETS to grab market share away when it began in 2011 to promote the Graduate Record Examination ( GRE) as an alternative to the GMAT. 威尔逊成功地抵挡住了ETS发起的市场份额抢夺战&2011年,ETS开始推广研究生入学考试(GRE),希望它能够代替GMAT考试。
Fortunately, threats to European Monetary Union, so far, have been successfully fended off by the Herculean actions of the European Community assisted by the International Monetary Fund. 所幸,由于欧洲共同体采取了大刀阔斧的行动,加上国际货币基金组织(imf)出手协助,欧洲货币联盟所遭遇的种种威胁,就目前来说已得到成功抵御。
That was really unsettling, but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly. 这真叫人不好意思,但我心平气和地顶住了全家人的嘲笑和奚落。
All offers were rejected, and truce envoys were fended off by fire. 所有的军官都应该拒绝谈判,并用火力驱逐劝降军使。
He dodged and fended off silently. 他一声不吭地躲闪着,推让着。
The London exchange has fended off a barrage of potential acquirers in recent years, a tactic tacitly supported by British authorities eager to shield it from foreign regulation. 近年来,伦敦交易所不断的拒绝潜在并购者的盛情。而这种缄默战术也得到了英国当权者的支持,他们希望借此能抵挡住外国规则的进攻。
So he fended me off at first. 一开始他把我挡开了。
An alligator was drawn by her cries but Blue fended it off, suffering numerous puncture wounds to his stomach. 一直鳄鱼被鲁思的呼救声吸引过来,但是布卢将它击退后自己的腹部也伤痕累累。
She fended off the difficult questions skilfully. 她巧妙地避开了那些不好回答的问题。
He fended off attacks and calls for his resignation-never lowering his guard. 他击退了对他的攻击和要求他辞职的呼声从未放松警惕。
With a big photo on the front cover, the capital letters fended off the girl's face. 一张大大的照片在封面上,那些字挡住了女孩的脸。
He neatly fended off a jab at his chest. 他利落地挡开了当胸的一击。
He fended off a jab at his chest. 他避开了当胸一击。
A Finnish woman has fended off a bear attack by kicking the bear on the nose. 芬兰日前上演了一场惊险的“人熊大战”。一名芬兰女子通过踢熊鼻子的方法,成功“击退”了一只雌性棕熊的攻击。
He tried to kiss her but she fended him off. 他想吻她,但她把他挡开了。
Each time Jeff and Etirnne closed in on Katie, the powerful dolphin fended them off her hard, pointed beak. 每一次,杰夫和安提雅接近凯蒂的时候,这力大无穷的海豚就用又尖又硬的嘴将他们挡开。
The niche is fended by a thick iron-fensing curtain, inside has already been tucked in with people, every one appears dedicated and does chanting in low volume. 佛龛被一道粗实的铁网帘拦着,里面早已站满了人,个个低眉顺眼,口中低低地念诵着。
The hordes of the uninvited have to be fended off by the intervention of the police. 那些未被邀请的围观者不得不由警方出面阻拦。
I fended the dog off with a stick. 我用棍子把狗赶开。
But I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good humouredly. 但我心平气和地顶住了家人的嘲笑和奚落。
The researchers discovered that selectively killing off one or two of the responding cell types didn't affect how well a cancer-resistant mouse fended off the disease. 研究人员发现,选择性杀死一到两种免疫应答细胞不会对小鼠抵抗癌症产生不良影响。
We have successfully fended off the impact of the Asian financial crisis and achieved sustained and rapid economic development. 我们成功地抵御了亚洲金融危机的冲击,实现经济持续快速发展。
The politician fended off the question. 那位“政治家”避开了这个问题。