fend的意思|fend的解释-里氏词典

fend [fɛnd]

vt. 击退, 保护, 供养

He's gone completely round the twist since his mother died and left him to fend for himself.
自从他母亲去世并丢下他去自己谋生之后，他完全疯了。
In the old society, he was compelled to fend for himself at the age of14.
在旧社会，他十四岁时就被迫自己独立谋生。
Most animals let their young fend for themselves from an early age.
大多数动物让他们的幼仔从小就独立生活。

fend

[ verb ]

try to manage without help

<verb.social>

The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died

withstand the force of something

<verb.competition>

resist

stand

The trees resisted her
stand the test of time
The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow

Fend \Fend\, n.
A fiend. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Fend \Fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fending}.] [Abbrev. fr. defend.]
To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward
off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.

With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. --Dryden.

{To fend off a boat} or {To fend off a vessel} (Naut.), to
prevent its running against anything with too much
violence.

Fend \Fend\, v. i.
To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to
parry; to shift off.

The dexterous management of terms, and being able to
fend . . . with them, passes for a great part of
learning. --Locke.

With the September 20 Maastricht referendum still a week away, it would have been difficult to fend off speculative attacks against the franc. The speculation against the ERM in September was unprecedented.
Two New York investment firms acted as "white squires" proposing to buy large stakes in Gillette Co. in an effort to help fend off a takeover attempt by Coniston Group, Gillette disclosed in court proceedings.
Exor will then have to decide whether to fend off Nestle with a fully fledged counter-bid.
The IC Industries spokesman said neither the restructuring nor the new venture are intended as strategies to fend off potential corporate raiders Irwin Jacobs and Carl Pohlad.
Spiegel, in the Feb. 12 article entitled "Fear of Rent Sharks," said a West German homeowner had armed himself with a special spray to fend off his East German tenant's ferocious dog.
But the sale, intended to help fend off a $1.08 billion takeover by Bank of New York, could pose risks for Irving, bankers say.
Whoever succeeds Mr. Shad will have to fend off entrenched managers pleading for government protection from takeovers even at the cost of efficiency.
Tan Sri Khoo was one of three financiers who helped Standard Chartered fend off an unwanted takeover offer from Lloyds Bank PLC last year by acquiring stakes in the bank.
In 1979, the U.S. sent a package of Saudi-financed military supplies, ranging from F-5 fighter planes to M-60 tanks, to fend off attacks from South Yemen.
At the time, Moscow was insisting that the town should fend more for itself, and sought to cut back shipments.
Other feature reports are on the Olympics, a school where ambassadors learn to fend off terrorist attacks and tough New Jersey school Principal Joe Clark.
Last year, for example, Mr. Baeza devised the ESOP that was the centerpiece of the $3.5 billion recapitalization plan Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. adopted to fend off a hostile takeover attempt from British publisher Robert Maxwell.
Knight-Ridder Inc. shareholders adopted measures Friday to fend off unwanted takeover bids and major stock acquisitions by foreigners, the company said.
The move has been widely viewed as a last-ditch effort by Pillsbury to fend off Grand Met.
For now, though, the program is viewed mostly as a way for Searle to fend off growing competition from generic drugs and gain some favorable publicity.
He suggested that people infected with HIV may somehow excrete antibodies for fighting the disease, one possible reason that the body is unable to adequately fend off the virus.
Gillette has relied on standstill agreements and stock buybacks in the past to fend off unwanted suitors.
But many Palestinians say Israel has been too stringent in its security requirements and has left Mr Arafat with little ammunition to fend off his most vocal opponents.
But analysts said it is under pressure to restructure or recapitalize to fend off the Hafts.
The gulf states must also fend off a clamorous Palestine Liberation Organization, which says it hasn't seen a penny of the money it was promised at an Arab summit in June.
The disclosure came in the midst of Irving's attempts to fend off a hostile takeover bid by Bank of New York, whose shares gained 1 to 30 1/4.
Other humdrum industries such as brickmaking or engineering can fend for themselves.
For Stacy Winck, 19, of New Orleans, ear muffs and a down parka did little to fend off the wind that made temperatures in the 30s feel much colder.
As previously reported, USG earlier this year took on $2.5 billion off debt to finance a recapitalization to fend of Desert Partners L.P., a Midland, Texas, partnership that made an unsuccessful bid to take over USG.
Shamrock Holdings Inc. said Wherehouse Entertainment Inc. rescinded the golden parachute plan it adopted as part of its effort to fend off Shamrock's takeover bid.
The rating concern said Harcourt is "fully leveraged" after its costly recapitalization plan, adopted earlier this year to fend off a $1.73 billion takeover bid by British Printing & Communication Corp.
He is also unlikely to change it. Mr Anguita, who is the sort of visionary who believes that history is on his side, has in fact everything to gain from letting Mr Gonzalez fend for himself.
The Soviets have been tinkering with their doctrine, as well, declaring that they will maintain forces adequate only to fend off an attack, not to launch one.
Caesars World Inc. in 1987 managed to fend off New York investor Martin Sosnoff's buy-out proposal.
Police tried to fend off the missiles with shields during the hour-long clash.

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