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

• The politician fended off the question.
  那位“政治家”避开了这个问题。
• He fended off a jab at his chest.
  他避开了当胸一击。
• 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。
• 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。
• So he fended me off at first.
  一开始他把我挡开了。
• The researchers discovered that selectively killing off one or two of the responding cell types didn't affect how well a cancer-resistant mouse fended off the disease.
  研究人员发现，选择性杀死一到两种免疫应答细胞不会对小鼠抵抗癌症产生不良影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。