• vi. 趨向，傾向；照料，照顧
• vt. 照料，照管

來自拉丁語 tendere,延伸，拉長，詞源同 attend,extend.引申詞義傾向，趨向。

tend

tend: English has two distinct words tend, but they come from the same ultimate source. Tend ‘look after’ [14] is short for attend, which goes back to Latin compound verb based on tendere ‘stretch’ – source of English tend ‘have an inclination’ [14]. Tendere itself was descended from the Indo-European base *ten- ‘stretch’ (source also of English tenant, tenuous, thin, tone, tune, etc), and its other contributions to English include contend [15], distend [14], extend, intend, portend [15], pretend, and also ostensible, tendency [17], tense, tension, and tent.
=> contend, distend, extend, intend, ostensible, portend, pretend, tenant, tense, tent, tenterhooks, tenuous, thin, tone, tune

tend (v.1)

"to incline, to move in a certain direction," early 14c., from Old French tendre "stretch out, hold forth, hand over, offer" (11c.), from Latin tendere "to stretch, extend, make tense; aim, direct; direct oneself, hold a course" (see tenet).

tend (v.2)

"attend to," c. 1200, a shortening of Middle English atenden (see attend).

1. We tend to meet up for lunch once a week.

我們往往每周共進一次午餐。

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2. Older mothers tend to be too idealistic about the pleasures of motherhood.

較年長的母親往往對身為人母的樂趣過于理想化。

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3. I tend to stick to fresh fruit for pudding.

我一直堅持用新鮮水果做甜點。

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4. They tend to buy cheap processed foods like canned chicken and macaroni.

他們往往會買便宜的加工食品，像雞肉罐頭和通心粉之類的。

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5. I tend to get very uptight during a match.

比賽時我總會緊張得不行。

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