英语单词查询

fend

英 /fend/ 美 /fend/

v. 抵挡

短语

• 1

  fend off

  v. 避开；挡开

• 2

  fend for oneself

  照料自己

• 3

  fend for

  照料；抚养

例句

• 1

  She raised her arm up to fend branches from her eyes.

  她抬起胳膊将树枝从她眼前挡开。

• 2

  Protection of the vital oil fields remained a unifying goal, and the United States viewed a more capable Saudi military, one able to fend off regional and domestic threats, as key to attaining it.

  保护重要石油地区的安全是两国统一的目标，而美军认为一个能够抵御地区和国内威胁的更加强大的沙特军队，是实现这一目标的关键。

同根词

n.fender （汽车等的）挡泥板；防卫物；（暖炉的）炉围；（船只的）碰垫

同近义词

vt.谋生；保护；挡开；供养

maintain / support / secure / preserve / sustain /

vi.照料；供养；力争

nurse / attend on /