tend
单词辨析：
指照看人、动物或事物（用于此义时有过时之嫌），通常后接介词 to。
Mary is tending to her son in the bedroom.
玛丽正在卧室照料她的儿子。
The shepherd is tending to his sheep.
牧羊人在看管他的羊群。
Who will tend to the garden while we are on vacation?
我们休假期间谁照料花园?
尤指照顾病人、处理伤口等，强调具有专业技能和责任心，常用被动语态。
The patients were well attended to in the hospital.
病人在医院受到很好的照顾。
She was attended by Dr. Brown.
她由布朗医生照料。
Their wounds had been attended before the men were brought here.
伤员在送来这里之前，伤口已得到了处理。
指短期地照看某物，或父母不在时帮忙照料其孩子。
Will you mind my suitcase while I go to buy my ticket?
我去买票，你照看一下我的行李箱好吗？
Linda promised to mind the baby while we go out.
琳达答应在我们外出时帮我们看孩子。
My daughter minds the neighbour's child for a small fee.
我女儿替邻居照看小孩，小有报酬。
相关例句：
They will tend to model their behaviour on the teacher's behaviour.
他们会倾向于模仿老师的行为举止。
If you speak standard English anywhere round our way, people tend to view you with suspicion.
如果你在我们这里说标准英语，大家就会对你产生怀疑。
We tend to make mistakes when we do things in a hurry.
忙中不免出错。
Artistic and intellectual people tend towards left-wing views.
搞艺术的人和知识分子容易持“左倾”观点。
The most acquisitive firms tend to be engineering groups.
最贪得无厌的公司往往是工程队。
State bureaucracies can tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.
国家的官僚体制往往会扼杀人们的事业心和积极性。