tend的意思|tend的解释-里氏词典

tend [tɛnd]

vi. 走向, 有某种的倾向, 易于, 照顾, 注意

vt. 照料, 护理

tend

[ verb ]

have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

<verb.stative>

She tends to be nervous before her lectures
These dresses run small
He inclined to corpulence

have care of or look after

<verb.social>
She tends to the children

manage or run

<verb.social>
tend a store

Tend \Tend\, v. i.
1. To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend;
-- with on or upon.

Was he not companion with the riotous knights
That tend upon my father? --Shak.

2. [F. attendre.] To await; to expect. [Obs.] --Shak.

Tend \Tend\, v. i. [F. tendre, L. tendere, tensum and tentum, to
stretch, extend, direct one's course, tend; akin to Gr. ? to
stretch, Skr. tan. See {Thin}, and cf. {Tend} to attend,
{Contend}, {Intense}, {Ostensible}, {Portent}, {Tempt},
{Tender} to offer, {Tense}, a.]
1. To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or
towards.

Two gentlemen tending towards that sight. --Sir H.
Wotton.

Thus will this latter, as the former world,
Still tend from bad to worse. --Milton.

The clouds above me to the white Alps tend. --Byron.

2. To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim;
to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence;
to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if
granted, might tend to our destruction.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to
plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only
to want. --Prov. xxi.
5.

The laws of our religion tend to the universal
happiness of mankind. --Tillotson.

Tend \Tend\, v. t. [See {Tender} to offer.] (O. Eng. Law)
To make a tender of; to offer or tender. [Obs.]

Tend \Tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tending}.] [Aphetic form of attend. See {Attend}, {Tend} to
move, and cf. {Tender} one that tends or attends.]
1. To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the
wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds
tend their flocks. --Shak.

And flaming ministers to watch and tend
Their earthly charge. --Milton.

There 's not a sparrow or a wren,
There 's not a blade of autumn grain,
Which the four seasons do not tend
And tides of life and increase lend. --Emerson.

2. To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.

Being to descend
A ladder much in height, I did not tend
My way well down. --Chapman.

{To tend a vessel} (Naut.), to manage an anchored vessel when
the tide turns, so that in swinging she shall not entangle
the cable.

Although fraternal ties with vendors have been common for decades in Japan, U.S. companies "tend to regard the supplier as their enemy," says Terry Ozan, national director of manufacturing services at Ernst & Young.
Retailers have a recurring nightmare that seasonal shoppers will shy away from stores for fear of having to meet big bills later on. It almost never comes to pass; people get sentimental around the holidays and tend to over-spend.
"Only scuttled ships tend to make it to the bottom in one piece," Ballard said. "It appears the crew opened it up along its entire length.
Countries tend to depreciate their currencies against those of the trading partners with which they have sustained worrisome deficits.
Lower interest rates, like Japan's, tend to make a nation's currency less attractive to investors.
Such problems tend to set off chain reactions.
Excluding food and energy, which tend to vary widely from month to month, the index rose 0.5% after a 0.2% increase in December.
That's because small businesses tend to be rather flexible, and can react to changes in consumer spending in the economy much more quickly.
First, companies tend to shed their less skilled workers first and 'hoard' their better-paid, more highly skilled workers.
Women who own businesses tend not to support extended maternity leave or flextime, and identify more as employers than as women, notes Prof.
Even so, chill-fresh dishes conceived in central kitchens for network distribution tend to fall flat.
In addition, she says, the marketing people have started discussing creative leasing packages; Bell & Howell's customers tend to lease rather than buy during downturns.
But investments tend to be different in Eastern Europe, the continent's Appalachia.
If interest rates rise, the economy will tend to slow down, putting a damper on inflation," he said.
Many of the residents of a large part of the city are on welfare and "most of the households are headed by women with children." Employed residents, including the new mayor, tend to live in the part of the city known as Eight Mile.
Dade Circuit Judge Francis Christie said surrendering the items "would tend to incriminate her" in parallel criminal investigations.
Getting the American public to focus on global problems at all is increasingly difficult, and economic concerns now tend to loom larger than military ones.
"People tend to buy the standards," says James Jensen, a B. Dalton buyer.
The rockers tend to blur together on the second side, until the record ends strongly with the bluesy "Hand to Mouth," featuring excellent guitar by Rick Richards and the piano of guest Ian McLagan.
And to solve that economic puzzle, it must take unpopular steps that will tend to alienate its bedrock of support, the Polish worker.
Japan's labor unions mount a so-called spring offensive each April in a bid to improve annual contracts, and the rank and file tend to follow patterns set by the largest companies.
He notes that the disabled tend to have lower incomes and are most in need of affordable housing.
Most producers of effluents tend to accept the situation and pay their local water authority extra to compensate for the problem. The principal ingredient of Billington's process is a natural solvent called Pronatur, made from waste orange peel.
As they get older, they tend to drink more heavily, despite their reduced ability to absorb the drug.
He argues that not only are the increases not needed at this time, but that eliminating them would tend to add jobs to the economy that would actually increase Social Security revenues and finance benefits to be paid in the 2000s.
More than two-thirds of the new hires were at large regional firms; these securities houses are based far from New York and tend to emphasize small investors.
Those goggles can lead to eye fatigue and illusions, the Register said, and tend to shut down in clouds and prevent pilots from seeing and avoiding clouds.
Restricting the president's scope for action regarding imports also could tend to harden international fronts.
Perkins told reporters he did not "tend to equate" South Africa and the United States, "but searching for non-violent solutions is probably something worth thinking about" in South Africa.
Others note an absence of widespread religious opposition; though the Catholic hierarchy opposes euthanasia, many Dutch Catholics are independent-minded and, like Dutch Protestants, tend to take a liberal view.

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