fended

英 [ˈfendɪd]

美 [ˈfendɪd]

v.  照料，照顾(自己)
fend的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 照料，照顾(自己)
  If you have tofend foryourself, you have to look after yourself without relying on help from anyone else.
  1. The woman and her young baby had been thrown out and left to fend for themselves.
     这个女人和她年幼的婴儿被赶了出来，无人照管。
• PHRASAL VERB 挡开，避开(问题或人)
  If youfend offunwanted questions, problems, or people, you stop them from affecting you or defend yourself from them, but often only for a short time and without dealing with them completely.
  1. He looked relaxed and determined as he fended off questions from the world's Press...
     他回避各国媒体的提问时显得轻松而果决。
  2. He had struggled to pay off creditors but couldn't fend them off any longer.
     他曾想方设法还债主的钱，但却再也躲不过他们了。
• PHRASAL VERB 挡住，抵挡(攻击)
  If youfend offsomeone who is attacking you, you use your arms or something such as a stick to defend yourself from their blows.
  1. He raised his hand to fend off the blow.
     他抬起手来抵挡那一拳。

双语例句

• I fended off his sword thrust with my spear.
  他一刀砍来，我拿枪架住。
• I fended the dog off with a stick.
  我用棍子把狗赶开。
• They planted their own vegetables, caught their own fish, ground their own flour, fended off wild beasts, lived by the light of one kerosene lamp, and got soaked when it rained.
  他们要自己种菜、捕鱼、磨面粉、驱赶野兽、只靠一盏煤油灯照明，每当下雨时还浑身淋透。
• He fended off attacks and calls for his resignation-never lowering his guard.
  他击退了对他的攻击和要求他辞职的呼声从未放松警惕。
• The strategy said that routine attacks should be fended off by companies.
  该战略指出，常规攻击应该由公司负责抵御。
• So he fended me off at first.
  一开始他把我挡开了。
• He neatly fended off a jab at his chest.
  他利落地挡开了当胸的一击。
• The politician fended off the question.
  那位“政治家”避开了这个问题。
• His intuition told him it was the wrong thing to do, and he was glad that sheet and tiller kept his hands occupied and fended off temptation.
  直觉告诉他不能那样做。他高兴风帆和船舵占住了他的手，挡住了这个诱惑。
• With a big photo on the front cover, the capital letters fended off the girl's face.
  一张大大的照片在封面上，那些字挡住了女孩的脸。