tend
释义
v. 趋向；朝向；往往会；照料；看护
自然拼读
词态
现在分词：tending
第三人称单数：tends
过去式：tended
过去分词：tended
例句
Sofia was in the bedroom tending to her son.
索菲娅在卧室里照料她的儿子。
to tend to someone's needs
Charles tends towards obesity.
查尔斯有肥胖倾向。
My car tends to overheat in the summer.
我的车夏天经常会变得过热。
A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy.
制造商遇到的一个问题是重量较轻的汽车往往噪音大。
People tend to need less sleep as they get older.
随着年龄的增长，人需要的睡眠通常会减少。
词组
tend on
照料；招待
tend towards
走向；趋向；有助于；造成
tend to be
倾向于；趋向于
tend to do
倾向于做某事
近义
vi.趋向，倾向；照料，照顾
trend
affect
attend
vt.照料，照管
attend
mind
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真题
考纲分布
v. 趋向
v. 照顾; 照管
考纲释义
v. 趋向
真题例句
They tend to go back to bed on their own and won’t remember it in the morning.
他们往往会自己回去睡觉，然后早上起来就不记得了。
[2020 河南省 阅读理解]
When we are talking to someone, we tend to change someone else’s mind to our way of thinking.
当我们与人交谈时，我们往往会改变别人的想法使其遵循我们的思维方式。
[2018 连云港卷 任务型阅读]
v. 照顾; 照管
真题例句
It’s a difficult job, especially for a kid with homework and Boy Scouts and friendships to tend to.
这是一个困难的工作，特别是对于一个有家庭作业，需要照料童子军以及友谊的孩子。
[2018 连云港卷 阅读理解C]
备考短语
1.tend to
翻译：往往会；常常就
考纲分布
v. 趋向
考纲释义
v. 趋向
真题例句
They tend to be healthier physically and mentally.
他们往往在身体和精神上更健康。
[2021 天津卷 阅读理解]
Just as importantly, we tend to associate air with health care.
同样重要的是，我们往往将空气与医疗保健联系起来。
[2019 全国卷 阅读理解]
Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, but not articles that left them merely sad.
读者也趋向于分享令人快乐和兴奋的文章，但是不愿意分享只让他们难过的文章。
[2016 全国卷 阅读理解]
备考短语
1.tend to
翻译：往往会；常常就
备考派生词
tender
adj. 温柔的；亲切的；温情的；慈爱的；嫩的；柔软的；脆弱的；敏感的；年轻的；微妙的
tendency
n. 趋势；趋向；倾向；政治社团
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