fend

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fend /fend/ verb  1 fend for yourself INDEPENDENT PERSONto look after yourself without needing help from other people 独立生活；照料自己 The kids had to fend for themselves while their parents were away. 父母不在家时，孩子们只好自己照料自己。2 fend somebody/something off phrasal verb a) DEFENDto defend yourself against someone who is attacking you 挡开…的攻击 SYN fight somebody ↔ off Tabitha threw up an arm to fend her attacker off. 塔比莎挥臂挡开行凶者。b) AVOIDto defend yourself from something such as difficult questions, competition, or a situation you do not want to deal with 避开，回避 She uses her secretary to fend off unwanted phone calls. 她让秘书挡掉不想接的电话。 The company managed to fend off the hostile takeover bid. 公司设法避开了恶意收购。→ See Verb table

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fend• When your skin was young, it could fend for itself.• The raven was determined to fend off any potential threat and maintain its fiefdom of Edge Wood.• The new system was credited for fending off damage from major floods in 1996.• Nothing that we see in the park can quite fend off mythology.• That is why he manoeuvred frantically, and brilliantly, to fend off the challenge to his party leadership last month.Origin fend (1200-1300) defend

fend verbChinese  

yourself help from needing Corpus look other after to without

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fend /fend/ verbfend for yourself to look after yourself without needing help from other people:
    The kids had to fend for themselves while their parents were away.
     
fend somebody/something off phrasal verb
  1. to defend yourself against someone who is attacking you
   SYN  fight somebody ↔ off:
    Tabitha threw up an arm to fend her attacker off.
  2. to defend yourself from something such as difficult questions, competition, or a situation you do not want to deal with:
    She uses her secretary to fend off unwanted phone calls.
    The company managed to fend off the hostile takeover bid.

fendBrE /fend/ 🔊NAmE /fend/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they fend BrE /fend/ 🔊 NAmE /fend/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it fends BrE /fendz/ 🔊 NAmE /fendz/ 🔊past simple fended BrE /ˈfendɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfendɪd/ 🔊past participle fended BrE /ˈfendɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfendɪd/ 🔊 -ing form fending BrE /ˈfendɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfendɪŋ/ 🔊 ●ˌfend for yourˈselfto take care of yourself without help from anyone else 照料自己；自谋生计◆His parents agreed to pay the rent for his apartment but otherwise left him to fend for himself. 他的父母同意替他付房租，其他的则让他自己解决。🔊🔊●ˌfend sth/sb↔ˈoffto defend or protect yourself from sth/sb that is attacking you 抵挡，挡开，避开（攻击） SYN fight off, ward off ◆The police officer fended off the blows with his riot shield. 那名警察用防暴盾牌抵挡攻击。🔊🔊to protect yourself from difficult questions, criticisms, etc., especially by avoiding them 避开，回避（难题、批评等） SYN ward off ◆She managed to fend off questions about new tax increases. 她设法避开了关于新增赋税的问题。🔊🔊