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VERB
照料，照顧(自己)
If you have to fend for yourself, you have to look after yourself without relying on help from anyone else.
例句
The woman and her young baby had been thrown out and left to fend for themselves.
這個女人和她年幼的嬰兒被趕了出來，無人照管。
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PHRASAL VERB
擋開，避開(問題或人)
If you fend off unwanted questions, problems, or people, you stop them from affecting you or defend yourself from them, but often only for a short time and without dealing with them completely.
例句
He looked relaxed and determined as he fended off questions from the world's Press...
他回避各國媒體的提問時顯得輕松而果決。
He had struggled to pay off creditors but couldn't fend them off any longer.
他曾想方設法還債主的錢，但卻再也躲不過他們了。
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PHRASAL VERB
擋住，抵擋(攻擊)
If you fend off someone who is attacking you, you use your arms or something such as a stick to defend yourself from their blows.
例句
He raised his hand to fend off the blow.
他抬起手來抵擋那一拳。