/tend ||; tɛnd/verb1 [I] tend to do sth to usually do or be sth 通常是；往往会: Women tend to live longer than men. 女性一般比男性长寿。There tends to be a lot of heavy traffic on that road. 那条路上的交通通常非常繁忙。My brother tends to talk a lot when he's nervous. 我哥哥一紧张就滔滔说个不停。
2 [I] used for giving your opinion in a polite way （用于有礼貌地提出意见）: I tend to think that we shouldn't interfere. 我觉得我们不应该介入。
3 [I,T] (formal 正式)tend (to) sb/sth to look after sb/sth 照顾；照料: Paramedics tended (to) the injured. 护理人员照料伤员。