1. 往往会；经常就
    If something tends to happen, it usually happens or it often happens.

    e.g. A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy...
           制造商们遇到的一个问题是，重量较轻的汽车往往噪音大。
    e.g. In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger...
           在老年群体里女性占大多数，因为男性通常不易高寿。

2. 倾向于，容易表现出(某种特性)
    If you tend towards a particular characteristic, you often display that characteristic.

    e.g. Artistic and intellectual people tend towards left-wing views.
           搞艺术的人和知识分子容易持“左倾”观点。

3. 个人认为;个人觉得
    You can say that you tend to think something when you want to give your opinion, but do not want it to seem too forceful or definite.

    e.g. I tend to think that members of parliament by and large do a good job.
           我个人觉得，议会议员总体上工作还是不错的。

4. 护理;照料;照看
    If you tend someone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them in a good condition or to improve their condition.

    e.g. For years he tended her in her painful illness...
           多年来她一直受到病痛的折磨，都是他在照料。
    e.g. He tends the flower beds and evergreens that he has planted in the driveway.
           他打理着他栽在车道两旁的花坛和常青树。

5. 照顾;照管;伺候
    If you tend to someone or something, you pay attention to them and deal with their problems and needs.

tend

    e.g. In our culture, girls are brought up to tend to the needs of others...
           在我们的文化里，女孩从小就学着照料别人。
    e.g. She hurried away to pour more coffee and tend to the grill.
           她匆忙走开，去添加咖啡和照看烤架。