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

• While China represents huge scale as a market, it has fended off the entry of just about every major Western technology start-up.
  虽然中国市场规模庞大，但它阻止了几乎所有主要的西方科技初创企业进入市场。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• He tried to kiss her but she fended him off.
  他想吻她，但她把他挡开了。
• The London exchange has fended off a barrage of potential acquirers in recent years, a tactic tacitly supported by British authorities eager to shield it from foreign regulation.
  近年来，伦敦交易所不断的拒绝潜在并购者的盛情。而这种缄默战术也得到了英国当权者的支持，他们希望借此能抵挡住外国规则的进攻。
• 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。
• The politician fended off the question.
  那位“政治家”避开了这个问题。
• Fortunately, threats to European Monetary Union, so far, have been successfully fended off by the Herculean actions of the European Community assisted by the International Monetary Fund.
  所幸，由于欧洲共同体采取了大刀阔斧的行动，加上国际货币基金组织（imf）出手协助，欧洲货币联盟所遭遇的种种威胁，就目前来说已得到成功抵御。
• She fended off the difficult questions skilfully.
  她巧妙地避开了那些不好回答的问题。