fending

英 [ˈfendɪŋ]

美 [ˈfendɪŋ]

v.  照料，照顾(自己)
fend的现在分词

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

• At the cat's advanced age, its immune system may not have been as adept at fending off influenza as that of a younger animal& similar to the vulnerability seen in aging humans.
  当猫猫衰老后，免疫系统将不如年轻时那样能很好的抵御流感&同老年人一样。
• As soon as you feel that crazy sense of walking on eggshells, fending off narcissistic rage, stop.
  一旦你感到为了抵挡自恋者的愤怒而如履薄冰时，停下。
• But he was bad at growing and managing that business, fending off competitors, and adapting to a fast changing landscape.
  但是，他并不善于培养和管理业务，招架竞争对手，同时适应快速变化的环境。
• So it's been a very nervous day for the mainly Mozambicans and Zimbabweans who are here not sure whether they will be spending tonight in the camp or be fending for themselves.
  对于在这里的莫桑比克和津巴布韦的人民来说，今天是非常紧张的一天。他们还不确定今晚是在集中营里过还是要露宿街头自求多福。
• Animals kept on small farms also produce benefits, such as fending off predators and pests and fertilizing soil.
  动物饲养于小型农场也有一定的好处，诸如避开了掠食者、害虫并提供肥料。
• He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies.
  他迄今为止一直不为我说的俏皮话所动。
• The first annual innovation monitor by the EEF manufacturing organisation showed manufacturers were fending off competition from lower cost competitors with innovations designed to better meet customers 'needs.
  由制造业组织EEF发布的首份年度创新监测报告显示，制造商正通过旨在更好满足客户需求的创新，来抵御低成本对手的竞争。
• He is always spending his time fending with the neighbors.
  他总是与邻里们吵架。
• Politicians are very good at fending off awkward questions.
  政客们都很善于避开尴尬的问题。
• In the past I chalked this up to good, old-fashioned denial: fending off the headache-inducing obligations and demands of the season is a fairly universal impulse.
  过去，我认为有个很好的不时髦的拒绝方式：躲开头疼的债务，躲开对这个季节的需求。这是一种相当普遍的本能。