tends

英 [tendz] 美 [tendz]

v.  往往会; 常常就; 趋向; 走向; 倾向; 趋于; 照料; 照管; 护理
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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. Health spending tends to rise disproportionately as countries become richer; but even adjusting for this, America is a case apart.
    随着国家愈加富有，医疗保健费用增加的幅度却往往与之不成比例；但即使美国为此作出调整，还是与别国不同。
  2. A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.
    孩子摔倒时，头部最容易受伤。
  3. He tends to chew things over too much in his mind
    他这个人就爱在心里反复琢磨事儿。
  4. The band's approach tends to be crushingly tedious.
    该乐队的演奏方式往往过于单调乏味。
  5. A bank's local market share tends to be divided equally between the local branch and branches located elsewhere
    银行的地方市场份额通常会在当地分行和其他各地分行之间平均分配。
  6. He tends to write bizarre and highly experimental pieces of music
    他倾向于创作高度试验性而且风格奇异的音乐作品。
  7. Her prose style is not always felicitous; she tends to repetition.
    她的行文风格并非总是恰到好处，往往爱重复。
  8. Her washing machine tends to fray edges on intricate designs.
    她的洗衣机经常会把织物上的一些复杂图案的边缘磨坏。
  9. In fact she tends to be a little heavy-handed when she wears make-up.
    实际上她的妆往往化得有点过浓。
  10. I think Israel tends to be at the leading edge of technological development.
    我认为以色列在技术发展领域往往处于最前沿。
  11. As the work tends to be a bit messy you'll need to wear old clothes.
    这个活儿有点脏，你需要穿旧衣服。
  12. Research tends to move along at a slow but orderly pace
    研究虽进展缓慢，但井然有序。
  13. Meditation tends to lower or normalize blood pressure
    冥想有助于降低血压或使血压恢复正常。
  14. The green debate tends to polarise into science-as-saviour versus science-as-devil camps.
    有关环保的辩论往往会分化成“科学是救星”和“科学是恶魔”两个阵营。
  15. This sense of privilege tends to be reinforced by the outside world.
    这种优越感往往会被外部世界强化。
  16. The popular press tends to represent him as an environmental guru.
    大众媒体往往把他描绘成环保领袖。
  17. Billy tends to keep things to himself more and shut himself off
    比利往往更多地将事情藏在心里，把自己封闭起来。
  18. 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。
  19. The thinking of economic bureaucrats tends to lag behind changes in world conditions.
    经济官员的思想往往跟不上世界局势的变化。
  20. In my job one tends to lose touch with friends
    干我这行，往往会与朋友失去联系。
  21. Do not add salt to beans when cooking as this tends to toughen the skins.
    煮豆荚时别加盐，因为这常会使豆壳变硬。
  22. She tends to go to extremes.
    她这个人比较偏激。
  23. A unity invariably tends to break up into different parts.
    统一体总要分解为不同部分的。
  24. As one grows old, one tends to become garrulous.
    人老了，就爱唠叨。
  25. He tends to idealize the time he spent in the army.
    他往往趋向于把他在军队里度过的时光理想化。
  26. He tends to go to extremes.
    他这个人比较偏激。
  27. She tends to magnify all her problems.
    她一向乐于夸大她的问题。
  28. Usually in gyro designs the shaft member tends to run hotter than the outer member.
    在陀螺的设计中，转轴构件通常比外部构件要热一些。
  29. Living in a high building tends to insulate us from the real life of the city.
    住在高楼大厦中容易使我们与城市的现实生活相隔绝。
  30. The plant tends to grow attached to other trees.
    这种植物喜欢依附在别的树上生长。
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