tend/tend/

vi

1. 倾向

• Her political opinions tend to the right. 她在政治上右倾。

• Women tend to live longer than men. 女人多比男人长寿。

2. 走势

• The track tends upwards. 这痕迹是朝着上方的。

• Stock prices are tending downwards. 股票价格有降低的趋势。

3. 照料；照管

• I was seriously ill and he had to tend to me at home. 我病得很厉害，他只得留在家里照料我。

4. 专心

• You'd better tend to your own affairs. 你最好管好你自己的事。

vt 旧 照管；护理

• tend a shop 照看店铺　

• tend patients 护理病人