tend
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tend /tend/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 1 tend to do something OFTENif something tends to happen, it happens often and is likely to happen again 易于做某事，往往会发生某事 People tend to need less sleep as they get older. 随着年龄的增长，人需要的睡眠通常会减少。 My car tends to overheat in the summer. 我的车夏天经常会变得过热。2 (also tend to somebody/something) [transitive] old-fashionedLOOK AFTER something to look after someone or something 照顾，照料 Sofia was in the bedroom tending to her son. 索菲娅在卧室里照料她的儿子。3 tend towards something IN GENERALto have one particular quality or feature more than others 有…的趋势；倾向于… Charles tends towards obesity. 查尔斯有肥胖倾向。4. tend bar especially American EnglishWORK/DO WORK to work as a bartender 〔在酒吧〕接待顾客，做酒吧招待工作5 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] formalDEVELOP to move or develop in a particular direction 走向；趋于，趋向tend upwards/downwards Interest rates are tending upwards. 利率趋于上涨。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
tend• Jose was outside tending the garden when the fire broke out.• Jose Aburto Cortez, 57, was outside tending the garden when the fire broke out.• The process of distillation tends to alter the aroma to a degree.• Departments with an eye to the ratings tend to appoint established researchers with proven records, rather than younger, unpublished candidates.• Smaller, start-up companies last year tended to be in the business of technology.• It tends to be the brighter kids who get all the teacher's attention.• In other words, your transcription tends to become more phonemic without being systematically so.• Young children tend to get sick more often than adults.• What tends to happen is that the poorest families end up in the worst housing.• First, he tends to have relatively better visual-spatial abilities.• Mom was usually busy tending to my younger sisters.• Such people tend to perform marginal tasks and to enter and leave the workforce at random intervals.Origin tend 1. (1300-1400) Old French tendre “to stretch”, from Latin tendere2. (1100-1200) attendtend verbChinese
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tend
tend S1 W1 /tend/
verb
Language: Old French
Origin: tendre 'to stretch', from Latin tendere
Origin: attend1. tend to do something if something tends to happen, it happens often and is likely to happen again:
People tend to need less sleep as they get older.
My car tends to overheat in the summer.
2. (also tend to somebody/something) [transitive] old-fashioned to look after someone or something:
Sofia was in the bedroom tending to her son.
3. tend towards something to have one particular quality or feature more than others:
Charles tends towards obesity.
4. tend bar especially American English to work as a bartender
5. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] formal to move or develop in a particular direction
tend upwards/downwards
Interest rates are tending upwards.
tend S1 W1 /tend/
verb Sense 1, 3, 5
Date: 1300-1400Language: Old French
Origin: tendre 'to stretch', from Latin tendere
Sense 2, 4
Date: 1100-1200Origin: attend
2. (also tend to somebody/something) [transitive] old-fashioned to look after someone or something:
3. tend towards something to have one particular quality or feature more than others:
4. tend bar especially American English to work as a bartender
5. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] formal to move or develop in a particular direction
tend upwards/downwards
Ways of saying 'in general' “通常” 的表达方式
◆ Women generally earn less than men.女人通常比男人挣钱少。 ◆ Generally speaking , jobs traditionally done by women are paid at a lower rate than those traditionally done by men.一般来说，传统上由妇女干的工作比传统上由男人干的工作报酬低。 ◆ In general /By and large , women do not earn as much as men.总的说来，女人不如男人挣钱多。 ◆ Certain jobs, like nursing and cleaning, are still mainly carried out by women.有些工作仍然主要由女性做，比如护理和保洁。 ◆ Senior management posts are predominantly held by men.高层管理职位大多由男性担任。 ◆ Most senior management posts tend to be held by men.大多数高层管理职位通常由男性担任。 ◆ Women are, for the most part , still paid less than men.女人的薪水多半仍比男人低。 ◆ Economic and social factors are, to a large extent , responsible for women being concentrated in low-paid jobs.经济和社会因素在很大程度上导致女性集中于低报酬工作。