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 the dog off with a stick.
  我用棍子把狗赶开。
• 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。
• But I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good humouredly.
  但我心平气和地顶住了家人的嘲笑和奚落。
• 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。
• He dodged and fended off silently.
  他一声不吭地躲闪着，推让着。
• Each time Jeff and Etirnne closed in on Katie, the powerful dolphin fended them off her hard, pointed beak.
  每一次，杰夫和安提雅接近凯蒂的时候，这力大无穷的海豚就用又尖又硬的嘴将他们挡开。
• The politician fended off the question.
  那位“政治家”避开了这个问题。
• A Finnish woman has fended off a bear attack by kicking the bear on the nose.
  芬兰日前上演了一场惊险的“人熊大战”。一名芬兰女子通过踢熊鼻子的方法，成功“击退”了一只雌性棕熊的攻击。
• In Lima, China fended off calls for electronic monitoring of its emissions-reduction plans as part of the United Nations process.
  在利马，中国拒绝了对在联合国的程序中对其减排计划进行电子监控的呼吁。
• I fended off his sword thrust with my spear.
  他一刀砍来，我拿枪架住。