记忆方法
1. tend (v.1): a shortening of attend.
2. tend (v.2): tend- => tend "move in a certain direction". 伸展到某个方向，但具体是哪个方向不确定，因此后面接to(towards)来指明具体的方向。
2. tend (v.2): tend- => tend "move in a certain direction". 伸展到某个方向，但具体是哪个方向不确定，因此后面接to(towards)来指明具体的方向。
中文词源
tend 倾向，趋向
来自拉丁语 tendere,延伸，拉长，词源同 attend,extend.引申词义倾向，趋向。
英语词源
- tend
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tend: English has two distinct words tend, but they come from the same ultimate source. Tend ‘look after’ [14] is short for attend, which goes back to Latin compound verb based on tendere ‘stretch’ – source of English tend ‘have an inclination’ [14]. Tendere itself was descended from the Indo-European base *ten- ‘stretch’ (source also of English tenant, tenuous, thin, tone, tune, etc), and its other contributions to English include contend [15], distend [14], extend, intend, portend [15], pretend, and also ostensible, tendency [17], tense, tension, and tent.
=> contend, distend, extend, intend, ostensible, portend, pretend, tenant, tense, tent, tenterhooks, tenuous, thin, tone, tune - tend (v.1)
- "to incline, to move in a certain direction," early 14c., from Old French tendre "stretch out, hold forth, hand over, offer" (11c.), from Latin tendere "to stretch, extend, make tense; aim, direct; direct oneself, hold a course" (see tenet).
- tend (v.2)
- "attend to," c. 1200, a shortening of Middle English atenden (see attend).
权威例句
- 1. We tend to meet up for lunch once a week.
- 我们往往每周共进一次午餐。
- 2. Older mothers tend to be too idealistic about the pleasures of motherhood.
- 较年长的母亲往往对身为人母的乐趣过于理想化。
- 3. I tend to stick to fresh fruit for pudding.
- 我一直坚持用新鲜水果做甜点。
- 4. They tend to buy cheap processed foods like canned chicken and macaroni.
- 他们往往会买便宜的加工食品，像鸡肉罐头和通心粉之类的。
- 5. I tend to get very uptight during a match.
- 比赛时我总会紧张得不行。
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