fend
- v. 抵挡
- v. 供养
- Definition
- v. to defend against something
- v. to provide for and support someone
- Example
- The young bird had to fend for itself outside the nest.
- 这只小鸟离巢之后，不得不自己想办法生存。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to keep away an attack or threat (verb).
比较义项：抵抗、抵挡（动词）。
- resist
A broad verb for fighting against or refusing to accept something, from physical force to temptation or change; takes a direct object without needing a particle, e.g. resist arrest, resist temptation.
resist是含义更广的动词，表示反抗或拒绝接受某事物，从抵抗诱惑到抵抗变化都可以用；可以直接接宾语，不需要加小品词，例如resist arrest（拒捕）、resist temptation（抵制诱惑）。
She tried to resist the urge to laugh during the meeting.
她在会议中努力抵住想笑的冲动。
- fend 本词
In this sense fend almost always appears with off, describing warding away an immediate physical or verbal threat; it rarely stands alone (the unrelated idiom fend for oneself is not covered here).
fend在这个意义上几乎总是与off连用，表示挡开眼前的某个攻击者或言语纠缠，单独使用较少见（与无关的习语fend for oneself区分，该用法本卡片不作比较）。
He grabbed a broom to fend off the barking dog.
他抓起一把扫帚来挡开那只狂吠的狗。
Resist and fend both mean to keep away an attack or threat. Resist is broad, describing fighting against something, from physical force to temptation. Fend almost always appears as fend off, warding away an immediate threat. The idiom fend for oneself is not covered.
这两个词都表示抵抗或抵挡某种事物，但resist含义更广，可以指抵抗诱惑、变化、逮捕等抽象或具体的对抗；fend在这个意义上几乎总是以fend off的形式出现，表示挡开眼前的某个攻击者或纠缠，语气更具体、更临场。注意fend还有fend for oneself（自食其力、照顾自己）的用法，与这里比较的“抵挡”义无关，本卡片不作比较。