mends
v. 修理,修補( mend的第三人稱單數 ); 改[糾]正; 改善[進]; 恢復
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...
他們花了很長時間修繕屋頂。
Somebody else lent me a pump and helped me mend the puncture...
別人借給我一個打氣筒,又幫我補好了輪胎。
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...
你會康復的。X光照片顯示你的胳膊能夠較好地復原。
I'm feeling a good bit better. The cut aches, but it's mending...
我感覺好多了。傷口很疼,但是正在癒合。
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討修復兩國關係的途徑。
I felt that might well mend the rift between them.
我覺得那樣做也許可以讓他們冰釋前嫌。
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.
需要更多證據來證明經濟正在好轉。
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.
寶寶生病了,但似乎正在好起來。
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.
如果他們不改邪歸正的話,他保證一定嚴懲不貸。
The mends were almost invisible.
補好的地方几乎看不出來.
A plumber is a person who fits and mends the plumbing.
管子工是安裝和修理水管的人.
The mends on your coat were almost invisible.
你外套上的補釘簡直看不出來.
John must lie up for a few weeks until his leg mends.
約翰必須在床上躺幾個星期,直到他的腿康復為止.
Must solve impoverished problem with the way that mends development.
必須用加快發展的辦法解決貧困問題.