“tend to”是英语中非常常用的短语,核心含义可分为两大类,用法和语境各有不同,以下是详细解析:
这是“tend to”最常见的用法,强调某种习惯性、规律性的行为或状态,相当于“be likely to”“usually”或“have a tendency to”。
后接动词原形,表示“倾向于做某事”“往往会做某事”。
结构:主语 + tend(s)/tended/to tend + to + 动词原形
例子:
1、 Young people tend to spend more time on social media.(年轻人往往会在社交媒体上花更多时间。)
2、 I tend to get up early on weekdays.(我工作日通常起得早。)
3、 When it rains, people tend to stay at home.(下雨时,人们更倾向于待在家里。)
4、 He tended to be quiet when he was a child.(他小时候往往很安静。)(过去式)
“tend towards”后接名词/形容词,表示“趋向于(某种状态)”,与“tend to be + 形容词”同义:
He tends towards impatience. = He tends to be impatient.(他容易急躁。)
The conversation tended towards politics.(对话渐渐偏向了政治。)
这是“tend to”的及物用法,后接名词/代词,强调“用心照顾、打理”。
结构:主语 + tend(s)/tended/to tend + to + 名词/代词
例子:
1、 She tends to her elderly father every day.(她每天照顾年迈的父亲。)
2、 The gardener tends to the flowers in the park.(园丁照料公园里的花。)
3、 Could you tend to the baby while I cook?(我做饭时你能照看一下宝宝吗?)
1、 时态变化:
一般现在时:He tends to forget things.(他容易忘事。)
一般过去时:We tended to go hiking on weekends last year.(去年我们周末常去徒步。)
不定式:I need to tend to my sick cat.(我得照顾我生病的猫。)
2、 否定形式:
直接在“tend”前加否定词(don’t/doesn’t/didn’t):
I don’t tend to like spicy food.(我通常不喜欢吃辣。)
She didn’t tend to argue with others before.(她以前不常和人争论。)
3、 常见搭配:
tend to agree/disagree:倾向于同意/不同意
I tend to agree with your opinion.(我倾向于同意你的观点。)
tend to think:往往认为
Most people tend to think that exercise is good for health.(大多数人往往认为运动有益健康。)
含义 | 用法 | 例子 |
---|---|---|
倾向于;往往会 | tend to + 动词原形 | People tend to feel happy when sunny. |
照料;照看 | tend to + 名词/代词 | She tends to her garden every week. |
“tend to”是高频口语/书面语词汇,掌握这两种核心用法,就能轻松应对日常表达~