(1) care (about)意为“在乎、关心；(是否)觉得某事重要，或者某事是否使你感兴趣、担心”，最常用于疑问句和否定句中。about用在宾语之前，但在连接词和连接代词前通常省去不用。
- I don't care (about) whether it rains.
是否下雨，我并不在乎。 - A: I'll never speak to you again.
我再也不跟你说话了。
B: I don't care .
我才不在乎呢。 - I don't care (about) what they say, how to live is my own business.
我不在乎他们说什么，如何生活是我个人的事。
(2) care for主要表示：
①“喜欢，想要”(like)，特别是用于疑问句和否定句中。
- Would you care for a cup of tea?
你想要一杯茶吗？
②“喜欢，爱好”(have a taste for, like)。
- I don't much care for TV plays produced nowadays, no matter how highly lauded.
我不很喜欢现在制作的电视剧，不管把它们吹捧得有多高。
③“照看，照料”(look after)，特别是用于正式的场合。
- She spent the best years of her life caring for her sick father.
她把生命中最美好的年华都花在照料生病的父亲上了。
(3) ①look after, take care of通常意为“照料，照管，喂养”，两者常可换用。
- Who is in the hospital taking care of/looking after the patient?
谁在医院里照顾病人呢？ - Who will look after the children while their mother is in the U.S.A.?
孩子们的妈妈在美国期间，谁来照料他们？
②take care of有时也用来表示人们的责任。
- Mr. Smith takes care of marketing and publicity, and I'm responsible for production.
史密斯先生负责销售和宣传，我负责生产。
(4) ①mind有“照料，留心，注意”的意思(take care of, attend to)，也是经常用的说法。
- When Mr. Green was out, his wife had to mind the shop (to attend to it).
格林先生不在时，他的太太就得照管商店。
②mind还有“介意，在乎，反对”之意，通常用于疑问句、否定句和条件句，以及答复询问的肯定句中。
- He doesn't mind the cold weather at all.
他一点也不在乎这寒冷的天气。 - Do you mind my smoking/if I smoke?
我吸烟你介意吗？ - A: Do you mind coming again tomorrow?
明天再来，你介意吗？
B: Yes, I mind very much.
是的，非常介意。
(5) attend to也可以表示“照看、照料接待(顾客)”，还常作“处理，办理”解。
- He foolishly left an inexperienced young assistant to attend to some very important customers.
他愚蠢地让一个毫无经验的年轻助手去接待一些非常重要的顾客。 - I have an urgent matter to attend to .
我有桩急事需要办理。
(6) attend upon/on 也表示“照顾，侍候”。
- Two nurses attended day and night on the dying statesman.
两位护士昼夜侍候这位奄奄一息的政治家。 - She has many servants attending upon her.
她有许多仆人侍候她。
(7) have/get/take charge of意为“负责管理，照顾”。
- She had/got/took charge of her brother while their mother went out.
她的母亲外出时，她负责照顾弟弟。 - He took charge of the government after the military takeover in 1975.
在1975年实行军事接管以后，他负责主持政府工作。
