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

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  1. VERB 往往会；经常就
    If something tends to happen, 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。
  2. VERB 倾向于，容易表现出(某种特性)
    If you tend towards a 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。
  3. VERB 个人认为;个人觉得
    You can say that you tend to think 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。
  4. VERB 护理;照料;照看
    If you tend someone 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。
  5. VERB 照顾;照管;伺候
    If you tend to someone 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。
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双语例句

  1. The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism.
    总统常常认为教会属于落伍之物。
  2. 'Even my good reviews have tended to be backhanded compliments,' he says. 'They'll say I was good and almost unbearably grotesque.'
    “即便赞扬我的评论也多似明褒实贬，”他说。“他们会说我的表演不错，荒诞得几乎让人接受不了。”
  3. 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。
  4. However, traders tended to discount the rumor
    然而，商人往往不相信这一谣传。
  5. Jay had always tended to keep his girlfriends at a distance.
    杰伊一贯和他的女朋友们保持距离。
  6. They've tended to farm out work to consultants.
    他们经常把业务分包给顾问。
  7. The jockey said he tended to flick horses with the whip.
    骑手说他经常会用鞭子抽马。
  8. She tended to finish dancing with a flourish.
    她往往以夸张的姿势结束舞蹈。
  9. He tended to react in a heated and impetuous way.
    他往往反应过火，急躁冲动。
  10. 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。
  11. Penny tended to work through her lunch hour in an effort to keep up with her work
    为了把活儿干完，彭妮常常午饭时间也要工作。
  12. 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。
  13. British society tended to ossify and close ranks as the 1930s drew to their close.
    英国社会在20世纪30年代末期趋于保守和自闭。
  14. He tended to stutter, which tried her patience
    他老结巴，这叫她难以忍受。
  15. His poetry tended towards a dreamy romanticism.
    他的诗歌带有一种梦幻般的浪漫色彩。
  16. Scientists have tended to skate over the difficulties of explaining dreams
    科学家们往往回避释梦的难题。
  17. Haig tended not to seek guidance from subordinates
    黑格不愿向下属请教。
  18. 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。
  19. They tended to have a much more up-front attitude.
    他们倾向于采取更为坦率的态度。
  20. She did the cooking while I lit and tended the fire.
    我烧的火，她做的饭。
  21. 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。
  22. 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。
  23. On the contrary, the markets of different countries and different regions tended to fare better at different times.
    相反，不同国家和不同地区的市场往往是在不同的时期有较好的表现。
  24. Warfare, both conventional and unconventional, tended to unfold in campaigns of predictable and relatively short duration.
    战争，包括传统的和非传统的，趋向于沿着持续时间可以预见的和相对较短的战役模式展开。
  25. When we get these men tended to.
    等我们安排好了这些人再说。
  26. Indeed, survey participants with high triglyceride levels tended to be overweight, inactive and smoke.
    事实上，调查参与者患高甘油三酸酯水平往往是由超重、不活动和吸烟造成的。
  27. Her study found that sociologists tended towards liberalism and radicalism.
    她的研究发现社会学家有自由主义和激进主义倾向。
  28. 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。
  29. Inflationary pressures have tended to come from wages and salaries.
    通货膨胀的压力往往来自于工资和薪金。
  30. 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。
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