考研英语单词解析：tend

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考研英语单词解析：tend

单词：tend

音标：/tend/

释义：v.趋向，往往是；照料，看护

考频：★★★★★

记法：

tend本身是考研核心词根，原生含义为“伸展、朝向”：朝着某个特定方向伸展延伸→引申为“趋向，往往是”；主动朝向需要帮扶的人靠近、俯身照料→引申为“照料，看护”。同时该词根是串联同根高频词的核心基础，可关联extend（延伸）、intend（打算）等词汇联动记忆，效率更高。

派生词：

tendency (名词，意为“倾向，趋势，偏好”，为考研高频派生考点词汇)

tender (可作形容词/动词，形容词义为“温柔的；嫩的；脆弱的”，动词义为“投标，主动提供”)

tended (动词过去式/过去分词形式，表“趋向；照料”的过去时态动作)

tending (动词现在分词/动名词形式，表“趋向；照料”的进行时态动作)

搭配：

tend to 往往会；趋向于

tend to do sth. 倾向于做某事

tend to sb./sth. 照料、看护某人/某物

tend towards 有…的倾向，朝…方向发展

tend the sick 照料病人

考研真题例句：

We tend to think of the Depression as a time when families pulled together to survive huge job losses.

我们往往认为大萧条时期，各个家庭会齐心协力从大规模失业中挺过来。

People who perceived greater social support were less likely to report a cold, and those who tended to hug more had a reduced risk of catching the illness.

那些感受到更多社会支持的人报告患感冒的概率更低，而那些更常拥抱他人的人患病风险也有所降低。

It tends to ignore, and thus eventually to eliminate, many elements in the land community that lack commercial value, but that are essential to its healthy functioning.

它往往会忽视陆地群落中诸多不具备商业价值但对其健康运行至关重要的元素，最终将这些元素剔除。

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