mends
v. 修理,修补( mend的第三人称单数 ); 改[纠]正; 改善[进]; 恢复
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。
The mends were almost invisible.
补好的地方几乎看不出来.
A plumber is a person who fits and mends the plumbing.
管子工是安装和修理水管的人.
The mends on your coat were almost invisible.
你外套上的补钉简直看不出来.
John must lie up for a few weeks until his leg mends.
约翰必须在床上躺几个星期,直到他的腿康复为止.
Must solve impoverished problem with the way that mends development.
必须用加快发展的办法解决贫困问题.