tends的中文翻譯是什麼意思

tends

/tendz/

v. 照料( tend的第三人稱單數 ); 照顧; 招待; 侍候

tends的柯林斯釋義

If something tends to happen, it usually happens or it often happens.

A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy...
製造商們遇到的一個問題是，重量較輕的汽車往往噪音大。
In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger...
在老年群體裡女性佔大多數，因為男性通常不易高壽。

If you tend towards a particular characteristic, you often display that characteristic.

Artistic and intellectual people tend towards left-wing views.
搞藝術的人和知識分子容易持“左傾”觀點。

You can say that you tend to think something when you want to give your opinion, but do not want it to seem too forceful or definite.

I tend to think that members of parliament by and large do a good job.
我個人覺得，議會議員總體上工作還是不錯的。

If you tend someone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them in a good condition or to improve their condition.

For years he tended her in her painful illness...
多年來她一直受到病痛的折磨，都是他在照料。
He tends the flower beds and evergreens that he has planted in the driveway.
他打理著他栽在車道兩旁的花壇和常青樹。

If you tend to someone or something, you pay attention to them and deal with their problems and needs.

In our culture, girls are brought up to tend to the needs of others...
在我們的文化裡，女孩從小就學著照料別人。
She hurried away to pour more coffee and tend to the grill.
她匆忙走開，去新增咖啡和照看烤架。

Billy tends to keep things to himself more and shut himself off.

比利往往更多地將事情藏在心裡，把自己封閉起來。

Her prose style is not always felicitous; she tends to repetition.

她的行文風格並非總是恰到好處，往往愛重複。

He tends to chew things over too much in his mind.

他這個人就愛在心裡反覆琢磨事兒。

A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.

孩子摔倒時，頭部最容易受傷。

In my job one tends to lose touch with friends.

幹我這行，往往會與朋友失去聯絡。