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

• She fended off the difficult questions skilfully.
  她巧妙地避开了那些不好回答的问题。
• He fended off a jab at his chest.
  他避开了当胸一击。
• I fended off his sword thrust with my spear.
  他一刀砍来，我拿枪架住。
• He dodged and fended off silently.
  他一声不吭地躲闪着，推让着。
• The hordes of the uninvited have to be fended off by the intervention of the police.
  那些未被邀请的围观者不得不由警方出面阻拦。
• 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。
• 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。
• I fended the dog off with a stick.
  我用棍子把狗赶开。
• 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。
• An alligator was drawn by her cries but Blue fended it off, suffering numerous puncture wounds to his stomach.
  一直鳄鱼被鲁思的呼救声吸引过来，但是布卢将它击退后自己的腹部也伤痕累累。