不依靠别人的帮助，自己照顾自己。
自己照顾自己，不需要别人帮忙。
共 2 个含义,从最常见到最少见,按 CEFR 等级色彩标注。
在没有他人帮助或支持的情况下，自己应付生活、需求或生存问题。
"When her parents moved abroad, she had to fend for herself for the first time."
Children need to learn to fend for themselves.
— Common expression widely cited in parenting literature; no single definitive source.
在求生或野外环境中，自己寻找食物、住处或资源。
"The hikers were stranded and had to fend for themselves until the rescue team arrived."
总是和对应的反身代词连用：'fend for myself/yourself/himself/herself/themselves'。词典里的 'oneself' 只是占位写法。常用于独立、生存和坚韧等语境。带有一点“靠自己硬撑”的意味。
母语者最常搭配使用的单词。
最常用的五种时态形式。
来自 YouTube 真实视频中 "fend for oneself" 的用法片段 — 点击可在 Looplines 上观看。
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