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fend for oneself
fend for oneself 是固定搭配，表示自己照料自己、不依赖他人。
After moving out, she had to fend for herself.
搬出去之后，她不得不自己照顾自己。
照料自己；自谋生计
fends — third person singular of fend
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照料自己；自谋生计
to take care of oneself and be responsible for one's own well-being
After moving out, she had to fend for herself.
搬出去之后，她不得不自己照顾自己。
照顾自己；对自己的安康负责。
To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
fend
Base
原形
fends
3rd person
第三人称单数
fending
-ing
现在分词
fended
Past
过去式
fended
Past participle
过去分词
She fends for herself.
她自谋生计。
He fended off the attacker.
他击退了袭击者。
They have fended for themselves for years.
他们多年来一直自谋生计。
fend常用作fend for oneself，表示自谋生计；fend off表示击退。
After moving out, she had to learn to fend for herself.
搬出去后，她不得不学会自己照顾自己。
The young birds must fend for themselves once they leave the nest.
小鸟一旦离巢就必须自己觅食。
He was left to fend for himself when his parents went abroad.
父母出国后，他只能自己照顾自己。
fend for oneself 是固定搭配，表示自己照料自己、不依赖他人。
After moving out, she had to fend for herself.
搬出去之后，她不得不自己照顾自己。
Not this
After moving abroad, she had to fend herself.
Use this
After moving abroad, she had to fend for herself.
表达“照料自己”时，fend 必须与介词 for 搭配，构成 fend for oneself；不能直接把反身代词作宾语，因此要加 for。
Not this
He learned to fend with himself at an early age.
Use this
He learned to fend for himself at an early age.
表示“自己照顾自己”要用固定搭配 fend for oneself，而不是 fend with oneself；for 表示“为了自己”，with 没有这个语义。
Not this
I can fend for me when I live alone.
Use this
I can fend for myself when I live alone.
fend for 后面接反身代词 oneself，与主语一致时不能用宾格 me，必须用反身代词 myself。
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自谋生计；照顾自己
He had to fend for himself from a young age.
他从小就得自谋生计。
被丢下独自生活；只能自己照顾自己
The children were left to fend for themselves while their parents worked abroad.
父母在国外工作，孩子们只能自己照顾自己。
学会自己照顾自己
Going to college taught me to fend for myself.
上大学让我学会了照顾自己。
自己照料自己；自谋生计
With both parents at work, the kids had to fend for themselves after school.
父母都要上班，孩子们放学后只好自己照料自己。
抵挡；挡开（攻击、问题等）
She managed to fend off the attackers until help arrived.
她设法抵挡住攻击者，直到救援赶到。
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fend 是 friend 少了 r，没有朋友时，就得自己照顾自己。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面叙述、独立生活话题 fend 作“照顾自己”讲时，语气比较中性，通常用于日常对话或书面叙述，强调在无人帮助的情况下自己照料生活。
这些词都发 /ɛnd/ 音，与 fend 韵脚相同。注意形近词 fiend /fiːnd/（魔鬼）和 find /faɪnd/（找到）的发音不同。
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