mend

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UK [mend]
  • v.修补；修理；愈合；缝补
  • n.修理；改进；痊愈；修理部份
  • Web改善；改正；修正
Simple Present：mends  Present Participle：mending  Past Tense：mended  

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mend
v.
1.
[t]
~ sth
修理；修补to repair sth that has been damaged or broken so that it can be used again
Could you mend my bike for me?
你能帮我修一下自行车吗？
2.
[t]
~ sth
缝补；织补to repair a hole in a piece of clothing, etc.
He mended shoes for a living.
他靠修鞋为生。
3.
[t]
~ sth
弥合（分歧）；解决（争端）to find a solution to a problem or disagreement
They tried to mend their differences.
他们试图消除他们之间的分歧。
4.
[i]
痊愈；恢复健康to improve in health after being ill/sick
He's mending slowly after the operation.
手术后，他正在缓慢好转。
5.
[i]
愈合；痊愈to heal
IDM
mend (your) fences (with sb)
解决纷争；消除隔阂to find a solution to a disagreement with sb
mend your ways
改过自新；改邪归正to stop behaving badly
n.
IDM
My leg is definitely on the mend now.
我的腿正在明显地好转。
Does he believe the economy's really on the mend?
他相信经济确实在复苏吗？
on the mend
(informal)
康复；好转；改善；改进getting better after an illness or injury; improving after a difficult situation
My leg is definitely on the mend now.
我的腿正在明显地好转。
Does he believe the economy's really on the mend?
他相信经济确实在复苏吗？

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1.
Having said he would mend the clock, he discovered that he had not brought the right tools for the job.
他说他能修钟，但发现没拿对工具。
tā shuō tā néng xiū zhōng , dàn fā xiàn méi ná duì gōng jù 。
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2.
His neighbor told him to mend the fence, but he did not think it was necessary.
邻居让他把羊圈修一修，可他认为没有必要。
lín jū ràng tā bǎ yáng juàn xiū yī xiū , kě tā rèn wéi méi yǒu bì yào 。
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3.
He said the unit was on the mend with his appointment of David Sokol, chairman of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. , to its helm.
他说在他任命中美能源控股公司（MidAmericanEnergyHoldingsCo.）董事长索科尔（DavidSokol）执掌NetJets公司之后，其业务正在好转。
tā shuō zài tā rèn mìng zhōng měi néng yuán kòng gǔ gōng sī ( MidAmericanEnergyHoldingsCo . ) dǒng shì zhǎng suǒ kē ěr ( DavidSokol ) zhí zhǎng NetJets gōng sī zhī hòu , qí yè wù zhèng zài hǎo zhuǎn 。
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4.
He said the nation was "starting 2012 with manufacturing on the rise and the American auto industry on the mend. "
他说，全国“2012年制造业开始处于上升周期，美国汽车业开始好转。”
tā shuō , quán guó " èr líng yī èr nián zhì zào yè kāi shǐ chǔ yú shàng shēng zhōu qī , měi guó qì chē yè kāi shǐ hǎo zhuǎn 。 "
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5.
Germany's Angela Merkel made clear two years ago that, if Russia wanted better relations with the EU, it had to mend fences with Poland.
德国总理安哥拉·默克尔两年前就清楚的说过，如果俄罗斯想与欧盟有进一步的合作，那就必须改善同波兰之间的关系。
dé guó zǒng lǐ ān gē lā · mò kè ěr liǎng nián qián jiù qīng chǔ de shuō guò , rú guǒ é luó sī xiǎng yǔ ōu méng yǒu jìn yí bù de hé zuò , nà jiù bì xū gǎi shàn tóng bō lán zhī jiān de guān xì 。
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6.
Booth: You know what I'm trying to mend bridges here.
我很努力在架设沟通桥梁诶。
wǒ hěn nǔ lì zài jià shè gōu tōng qiáo liáng èi 。
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7.
"After that, we will repair his chin and lower jaw and mend the lost part of his face with bones and skin from his own body, " said He.
陈医生还说：“在这之后，将对他的下颚何和下颌进行修复并用他自身的骨头和皮肤修复他脸部的其他缺失部分。”
chén yī shēng hái shuō : " zài zhè zhī hòu , jiāng duì tā de xià è hé hé xià hé jìn xíng xiū fù bìng yòng tā zì shēn de gǔ tou hé pí fū xiū fù tā liǎn bù de qí tā quē shī bù fen 。 "
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8.
In American English, mend is usually only used to talk aboout repairing things with holes in them, especially clothes and shoes.
美国英语中，mend通常只用于表示修理缝补物品上的洞，尤其是衣服和鞋上的。
měi guó yīng yǔ zhōng , mend tōng cháng zhǐ yòng yú biǎo shì xiū lǐ féng bǔ wù pǐn shàng de dòng , yóu qí shì yī fu hé xié shàng de 。
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9.
He decided to mend his way after parole.
在得到假赦之后，他决心重。
zài dé dào jiǎ shè zhī hòu , tā jué xīn zhòng 。
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10.
At length the crisis of the old man's disorder was past, and he began to mend.
老人的危险期终于度过了，他开始痊愈起来。
lǎo rén de wēi xiǎn qī zhōng yú dù guò le , tā kāi shǐ quán yù qǐ lái 。
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