英语词汇“tend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tendtend /tɛnd/ ●●○ S2 W3 verb

ETYMOLOGYtend

Origin: (1, 3, 5) 1300-1400 Old French tendre to stretch, from Latin tendere (2, 4) 1100-1200 attend

VERB TABLE

tend

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	tend
	he, she, it	tends
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	tended
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have tended
	he, she, it	has tended
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had tended
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will tend
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have tended

Continuous Form
Present	I	am tending
	he, she, it	is tending
	you, we, they	are tending
Past	I, he, she, it	was tending
	you, we, they	were tending
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been tending
	he, she, it	has been tending
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been tending
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be tending
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been tending

1tend to do something to often do a particular thing, especially something that is bad or annoying, and to be likely to do it again: Bill tends to talk too much when he’s nervous. Jobs in restaurants tend not to pay very well.2[transitive] to take care of something by doing what is necessary to keep it in a good condition or to improve its condition: He’s outside tending the garden.3tend bar to work as a bartendertend to somebody/something phrasal verb old-fashioned to take care of someone or something: She was in the bedroom tending to her son.tend toward something phrasal verb to have a particular quality or feature more than others: Her approach tends toward the traditional.