| 释义 |       past tense of take care of    1      as in saw toto attend to the needs and comforts of He took care of his mother when she got sick.       saw to     waited on     nursed     treated     healed     did for       looked to     looked after     supported     waited upon     looked out for     administered (to)     mothered     aided     preserved     ministered (to)     cured     doctored     remedied     cared (for)     spoiled     conserved     babied     pampered     mollycoddled     humored     coddled     indulged     provided (for)     spoilt     catered (to)          ignored     forgot     neglected     overlooked     slighted     brushed (aside or off)     2      as in keptto pay the living expenses of We took care of our daughter until she graduated from college.       kept     supported     maintained     sponsored     provided (for)     funded     financed     set up     underwrote     patronized     staked     footed the bill (for)     3      as in supervisedto take charge of especially on behalf of another He took care of his neighbors' plants while they were on vacation.       supervised     watched     saw to     managed     oversaw     attended     saw after     looked after     tended     controlled     protected     superintended     operated     guarded     conducted     governed     minded     run     regulated     administrated     cared (for)     guided     ran     directed     patrolled     safeguarded     shielded     shepherded     stewarded     babied     babysat     chaperoned     presided (over)     mothered          ignored     passed over     abandoned     neglected     forgot     disregarded   |