fend for

基本解釋

Families, unprotected by rule of law, fend for themselves at the expense of individuals outside the clan.
無(wú)法獲得法治保護(hù)的家庭，以犧牲外人的代價(jià)來(lái)保護(hù)自己。
Ms. Marokvia, left to fend for herself, scraped together a living as a translator and, at one point, as a weaver in a fishing village on the North Sea.
而瑪洛克維亞夫人需要自己謀生了，她通過(guò)做翻譯，并在北海的一個(gè)漁村做織工而勉強(qiáng)度日。
We think Spain is quite strong to fend for itself because it has a low level of public debt and it could recapitalize its banks without risking its public debt.
我們認(rèn)為，西班牙完全可以自己照料自己，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)國(guó)家的公共債務(wù)水平很低，且可以在不危及公債的情況下重組其銀行業(yè)。

"I'm waiting for God's help." "We will find other ways to fend for ourselves.
This was thought by many to be a positive change but in game rich environments where there was a lot of meat available, people could actually get many more calories per hour-- that is secure more food that would help fend off starvation compared to what they could get for people cultivating food.
很多人都認(rèn)為這是一個(gè)積極的改變,然而在那些富饒地區(qū),獲取肉類(lèi)輕而易舉,同樣時(shí)間內(nèi),人類(lèi)可以獲取更多能量,相對(duì)那些靠種植獲取食物的人類(lèi)來(lái)說(shuō),這些地區(qū)有足夠多的食物來(lái)抵御饑荒
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Faraj's mother,Zahwe, was left to fend for herself and the children.

So that means that users of Apple Mail kind of have to fend for themselves.
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