tend是什么意思（tend的用法）

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一、tend是什么意思

1、tend 倾向，趋向

2、来自拉丁语 tendere,延伸，拉长，词源同 attend,extend.引申词义倾向，趋向。

二、tend的用法

1、tend

2、tend: English has two distinct words tend, but they come from the same ultimate source. Tend ‘look after’ [14] is short for attend, which goes back to Latin compound verb based on tendere ‘stretch’ – source of English tend ‘have an inclination’ [14]. Tendere itself was descended from the Indo-European base *ten- ‘stretch’ (source also of English tenant, tenuous, thin, tone, tune, etc), and its other contributions to English include contend [15], distend [14], extend, intend, portend [15], pretend, and also ostensible, tendency [17], tense, tension, and tent.=> contend, distend, extend, intend, ostensible, portend, pretend, tenant, tense, tent, tenterhooks, tenuous, thin, tone, tune

3、tend (v.1)

4、"to incline, to move in a certain direction," early 14c., from Old French tendre "stretch out, hold forth, hand over, offer" (11c.), from Latin tendere "to stretch, extend, make tense; aim, direct; direct oneself, hold a course" (see tenet).

5、tend (v.2)

6、"attend to," c. 1200, a shortening of Middle English atenden (see attend).

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