Fend
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公共 Public
vt.& vi. 谋生;防御，保护;供养;闪避，挡开;
vi. 照料;供养;力争;
📝 例句
I've had to fend for myself since I was 14.
我从十四岁时起就不得不照料自己.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ f-拼音“父”,end-结束:为供养自己的儿子,父亲不惜结束自己的生命
※ f-拼音“父”,end-结束:父亲结束抽烟喝酒的嗜好,以便供养自己的儿子
※fence-击剑、篱笆,fend-保护:击剑时挥舞着剑形成一道别人无法攻击的篱笆可以保护自己
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
fend
v
(phr v) fend for one`self take care of or look after oneself; support oneself 照顾自己; 自谋生计; 独立生活
It is time you left home and learnt to fend for yourself. 你应该离家自立了. fend sth/sb off defend oneself from sth/sb; fight sth/sb off 抵御或抵挡某事物[某人]
fend off a blow 挡开一击
The minister had to fend off some awkward questions from reporters. 部长需避开记者提出的某些尴尬的问题.
He tried to kiss her but she fended him off. 他想吻她, 但她把他挡开了.
🔁 扩展释义
*[fend]vt. 击退, 保护, 供养
📖 同为「IELTS」词汇
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when you called me.
当你打电话给我的时候。
Don't you think we should add a sentence here like this?
难道你不觉得我们应该在这儿加上一句话？
After switching on powerful arc lights, they saw great stalagmites -- some of them over forty feet high -- rising up like tree-trunks to meet the stalactites suspended from the roof.
他们打开强力弧光灯，看见一株株巨大的石笋，有的高达40英尺，像树干似地向上长着，与洞顶悬挂下来的钟乳石相接。