n. 柔軟,親切,柔和
1.I dare not touch the flower for its tenderness. 這花太嬌嫩了，我不敢碰它。
2.A gentle touch or gesture of fondness, tenderness, or love. 愛撫，輕拍表示喜愛，溫柔或愛慕的輕柔接觸或手勢
3.I should want not merely to see the outline of her face, so that I could cherish it in my memory, but to study that face and find in it the living evidence of the sympathetic tenderness and patience with which she accomplished the difficult task of my edu 我不僅要看她臉部的輪廓，以便我能把它珍藏在我的記憶中，而且我還要研究這張臉龐，在那裏找到富有同情心、溫柔和耐心的活證據，她就是以這種溫柔和耐心完成了教育我的艱難的任務。
tender基本翻譯adj. 柔軟的；溫柔的；脆弱的；幼稚的；難對付的 n. 看管人；小船；償付，清償 vt. 使…變嫩；是…變柔軟；提供，償還 vi. 投標；變柔軟
tender-溫柔的+ness-名詞後綴