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

• 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。
• Politicians are very good at fending off awkward questions.
  政客们都很善于避开尴尬的问题。
• The two stood fronting each other, not noticing the stranger in the Grass-the boy pressing on, the girl fending off.
  两个人面对面站着，没有注意到草里躺着的外人，男的逼上前去，女的闪避着。
• 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。
• Touchscreen power-ups will let players interact with zombies directly, instead of just fending them off by setting up defenses like pea shooters.
  触屏充能的功能让玩家能够更直接地与僵尸接触，而不是不停地放置像豌豆射手这样的植物来进行防御。
• Therefore, for China, at first, the most important thing is to pay attention to maintaining the basic balance in macro economy, fending off various risks and hedging those capitals due to hedge.
  因此，对中国来说，首先，最重要的是在宏观经济上注意保持基本平衡，注意防范各类风险，该对冲的要对冲掉。
• By lending their navies to rulers fending off invaders, they won special privileges to trade without paying tariffs.
  两个城市将海军租借给统治者来驱赶入侵者，因而赢得了进行贸易免交关税的特权。
• We wish to do our part in fending off the dark clouds of terrorism, hatred, armed conflict, which in these last few months have grown particularly ominous on humanity's horizon.
  我们愿意贡献一己之力，消除恐怖暴力、仇恨和武装冲突的阴霾，这阴霾最近几个月以来在世界上变得特别灰暗沉重。
• The FSA, after all, has faced criticism for failing to get tougher on bank bonuses and it is fending off proposals to put it under the Bank of England.
  毕竟，fsa因未能对银行奖金采取更严格的措施而遭到了批评，而且正奋力抵挡由英国央行（bankofengland）将其接管的建议。
• 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。