C2to take care of and provide for yourself without depending on anyone else照顾自己;自谋生计
Now that the children are old enough to fend for themselves, we can go away on holiday by ourselves.既然孩子们已长大能照顾自己了,我们就可以单独出去度假了。
fend for yourselfVERB + FEND FOR➤be able to能夠照顧自己▸➤be left to, have to讓⋯自謀生計;不得不獨立生活◇The children were left to fend for themselves.那些孩子當時須自立。➤learn to學會自己照顧自己◇Clara learned to fend for herself.克拉拉學會了自己照顧自己。➤let sb讓某人自己照顧自己◇We can let our guests fend for themselves.我們可以讓客人自己照顧自己。