mend
v. 修理; 缝补; 康复; 解决争端
If you mend something that is broken or not working, you repair it, so that it works properly or can be used.
They took a long time to mend the roof...
他们花了很长时间修缮屋顶。
Somebody else lent me a pump and helped me mend the puncture...
别人借给我一个打气筒,又帮我补好了轮胎。
If a person or a part of their body mends or is mended, they get better after they have been ill or have had an injury.
You'll mend. The X-rays show that your arm will heal all right...
你会康复的。X光照片显示你的胳膊能够较好地复原。
I'm feeling a good bit better. The cut aches, but it's mending...
我感觉好多了。伤口很疼,但是正在愈合。
If you try to mend divisions between people, you try to end the disagreements or quarrels between them.
He sent Evans as his personal envoy to discuss ways to mend relations between the two countries...
他派埃文斯以私人特使的身份前往商讨修复两国关系的途径。
I felt that might well mend the rift between them.
我觉得那样做也许可以让他们冰释前嫌。
If a relationship or situation is on the mend after a difficult or unsuccessful period, it is improving.
More evidence that the economy was on the mend was needed.
需要更多证据来证明经济正在好转。
If you are on the mend after an illness or injury, you are recovering from it.
The baby had been poorly but seemed on the mend.
宝宝生病了,但似乎正在好起来。
If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well.
He has promised drastic disciplinary action if they do not mend their ways.
如果他们不改邪归正的话,他保证一定严惩不贷。
1. sewing or darning that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment);
2. the act of putting something in working order again
1. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;
2. heal or recover;
mend, repair, patch, fix
这些动词均含"修理,修复"之意。
mend (one's) fences
修复友好关系
mend one's manners
变得更有礼貌
mend one's ways
改进作风
mend fences
改善关系:改善不良关系,尤指在政治中
on the mend
健康好转
Relations between Japan and China have recently been on the mend.
最近,中日关系在向好的方面发展.
It's a pity we didn't mend our fences with the colonel.
可惜我们还没有和上校先生调整好关系.
We need an electrician to mend the iron.
我们要请电工修理熨斗.
Will you please mend the sleeve of my blouse?
请你把我衬衣的袖子补一下好 吗 ?
He was anxious to mend the rift between the two men.
他急于弥合这两个人之间的裂痕.