fend for yourself
phrasal verbfend for yourself
- to take care of yourself without help from anyone else
照料自己；自谋生计 - His parents agreed to pay the rent for his apartment but otherwise left him to fend for himself.
他的父母同意替他付房租，其他的则让他自己解决。 - The fox was released into the wild when it was old enough to fend for itself.
当狐狸长到可以自己照顾自己的时候，它就被放归野外了。 - The children were left to fend for themselves.
那些孩子当时须自立。 - We can let our guests fend for themselves.
我们可以让客人自己照顾自己。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + fend for- be able to
- be left to
- have to
- …
- His parents agreed to pay the rent for his apartment but otherwise left him to fend for himself.