tended 是动词 tend 的过去式/过去分词,常见含义有:
/ˈtendɪd/
She tended the garden every morning.
她每天早上都打理花园。
During the winter, the old man tended to his injured neighbor while the roads were blocked by snow.
冬天里,道路被大雪封住时,那位老人照料着受伤的邻居。
tend 源自拉丁语 tendere(“伸展、指向、朝向”),经由古法语进入英语。由“朝向/指向”引申出“把注意力指向某人/某事”,进而发展为“照料、照看”;而“tend to” 则保留了“趋向于、往往会”的含义。
(该词及其基本形式 tend/tended 在经典英文叙事作品中较常见,常用于描写“照料病人、照看庄园/炉火/花园”或“性格倾向”。)