单词tend应该怎么用？

tend的基本意思是“加以注意”,多指某种平凡的、无需特殊技艺的日常工作,且需多加以注意,以防范事故与危险,增加正常运转等。指非职业性的照顾、侍候,强调平等性与帮助性。还可表示“倾向”“趋于”。用于人则表示“照料”。那么，单词tend应该怎么用?一起来看看吧。

tend用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。

tend用作不及物动词时,后接介词to, towards或动词不定式,表示“倾向于”。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

The river here tends eastward.

这条河从这里向东流。

At junction take the road that tends west.

到交叉路口时,走朝西的那条路。

Prices are tending upwards.

物价趋涨。

S+～+to- v

I tend to go to bed earlier during the winter.

我在冬天常睡得比较早。

He tends to speak too quickly.

他往往说话太快。

People tend to get fat when they grow older.

人们年纪大时往往会发胖。

It tends to become very cold at night now.

现在晚上变得很冷。

用作及物动词

She tended her husband carefully during his illness.

她丈夫生病期间,她无微不至地照顾他。

The doctors and nurses in this hospital tend the sick patiently.

这个医院的医生和护士耐心地护理病人。

The shepherd tends his sheep.

牧羊人看管他的羊群。

Who will tend the garden while you are on vacation?

你休假期间谁照料花园?

He tends a shop for his father.

他为父亲照料一家商店。