不及物動詞 vi.
1.走向;趨向[Q][(+to/towards)]
Prices are tending upwards.
物價趨漲。
2.傾向;易於[(+to/towards)][+to-v]
Old people tend to get fat.
老年人容易發胖。
He tends towards selfishness.
他有自私自利的傾向。
She tends to get angry when others disagree with her.
別人不同意她的看法時,她很容易生氣。
3.有助於[(+to)][+to-v]
tend2
及物動詞 vt.
1.照管,照料;護理;管理
A shepherd tended the sheep.
牧羊人照顧羊群。
2.海照料(纜繩,錨鏈)以免糾纏
不及物動詞 vi.
1.服侍招待[(+on/upon/to)]
2.口註意,關心[(+to)]
You'd better tend to your own affairs.
妳還是管好自己的事情吧!
名詞 n. [C]
1.(海岸、河流等的)走向
The mountains have a western trend.
群山向西延伸。
2.趨勢,傾向;時尚
The current trend is towards informal clothing.
目前的趨勢是穿著比較隨便。
不及物動詞 vi. [(+towards)]
1.伸向;折向,轉向
The road trends to the north.
這條路是向北的。
2.趨向,傾向
Share prices have been trending down.
股票價格壹直趨向下降。
tend和trend作趨向壹解時意思壹致,但tend為美國英語,後接to 或towards;trend 後接towards。
tend to do或tend towards/to doing,trend towards (doing)sth.