fend

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfendfend /fend/ verb → fend for yourself → fend somebody/something off→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusfend• 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

单词	fend
释义	fend From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfendfend /fend/ verb → fend for yourself → fend somebody/something off→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusfend• 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
随便看	be on the make be on the mend be on the money be on the move be on the piss be on the point of be on the point of (doing) something be on the point of doing be on the prowl be on the prowl for be on the ragged edge be on the razzle be on the receiving end be on the receiving end of be on the record as saying that be on the right track be on the right/wrong track be on the road to ruin be on the rocks be on the ropes conference call conference center conference centre conference etc venue conference room etc