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自己谋生;自己照料自己
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how could any mother leave a child to fend for itself? 做母亲的怎么能撒手让孩子去独立谋生呢?
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挡开(一击或袭击、袭击者)。
evade someone or something in order to protect oneself
逃脱,躲开(某人或某事物)
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he fended off the awkward questions .他避开了那些尴尬的问题。
"Middle English (in the sense ‘defend’): shortening of