mend
美 [mend]
英 [mend] 
- v.修補;修理;愈合;縫補
- n.修理;改進;痊愈;修理部份
- 網絡改善;改正;修正
詞形變化
第三人稱單數:mends 現在分詞:mending 過去式:mended 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [t] ~ sth 修理;修補to repair sth that has been damaged or broken so that it can be used again |
| Could you mend my bike for me? 你能幫我修一下自行車嗎? |
2. | [t] ~ sth 縫補;織補to repair a hole in a piece of clothing, etc. |
| He mended shoes for a living. 他靠修鞋為生。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth 彌合(分歧);解決(爭端)to find a solution to a problem or disagreement |
| They tried to mend their differences. 他們試圖消除他們之間的分歧。 |
4. | [i] 痊愈;恢復健康to improve in health after being ill/sick |
| He's mending slowly after the operation. 手術后,他正在緩慢好轉。 |
習慣用語
mend (your) fences (with sb)
解決紛爭;消除隔閡to find a solution to a disagreement with sb
mend your ways
改過自新;改邪歸正to stop behaving badly
on the mend
康復;好轉;改善;改進getting better after an illness or injury; improving after a difficult situation
| My leg is definitely on the mend now. 我的腿正在明顯地好轉。 |
| Does he believe the economy's really on the mend? 他相信經濟確實在復蘇嗎? |
英漢解釋
v. | 3. 加強;加快;加(火);增加...的引誘力[魔力,力量] 5. (事態過錯,毛病等)變好,好轉,改好,改善;痊愈 |
n. | |
英英解釋
例句
"Someone will come round and take your rubbish away, or mend your fence. The next time he knocks it's to ask for your vote, " he says.
他說“有人會來看望你并清理掉你的垃圾,或者修補好你的籬笆,下次他就來敲門拉取你的選票”。
Having said he would mend the clock, he discovered that he had not brought the right tools for the job.
他說他能修鐘,但發現沒拿對工具。
His neighbor told him to mend the fence, but he did not think it was necessary.
鄰居讓他把羊圈修一修,可他認為沒有必要。
He said the unit was on the mend with his appointment of David Sokol, chairman of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. , to its helm.
他說在他任命中美能源控股公司(MidAmericanEnergyHoldingsCo.)董事長索科爾(DavidSokol)執掌NetJets公司之后,其業務正在好轉。
He said the nation was "starting 2012 with manufacturing on the rise and the American auto industry on the mend. "
他說,全國“2012年制造業開始處于上升周期,美國汽車業開始好轉。”
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.
德國總理安哥拉·默克爾兩年前就清楚的說過,如果俄羅斯想與歐盟有進一步的合作,那就必須改善同波蘭之間的關系。
Booth: You know what I'm trying to mend bridges here.
我很努力在架設溝通橋梁誒。
"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.
陳醫生還說:“在這之后,將對他的下顎何和下頜進行修復并用他自身的骨頭和皮膚修復他臉部的其他缺失部分。”
In American English, mend is usually only used to talk aboout repairing things with holes in them, especially clothes and shoes.
美國英語中,mend通常只用于表示修理縫補物品上的洞,尤其是衣服和鞋上的。
He decided to mend his way after parole.
在得到假赦之后,他決心重。
At length the crisis of the old man's disorder was past, and he began to mend.
老人的危險期終于度過了,他開始痊愈起來。
One country trying to mend one part of its banking system will not work.
單一國家試圖修正其銀行系統某一方面的問題是徒勞的。
You know what I'm trying to mend bridges here.
你知道嗎?我在試著和你溝通。
In the Telegraph interview, the chancellor said the British economy was "on the mend" .
在電訊報的采訪中,該大臣說英國經濟“正在轉好”。
There isn't an hour of my life without you in it. I mend the boats, test them, and all the memories come in like the tide.
我生命中的每一分鐘都有你。我修好了船,檢查了它們…回憶就像海浪一樣打過來。
The unification ministry admitted it was far less than needed but said the North must mend relations before shipments could be increased.
統一部承認,這遠遠低于需要的,但表示,朝鮮必須修補之前的出貨量可能增加的關系。
In 1983, Cole checked herself into a recovery program, and was finally able to mend the wounds from her difficult past.
1983年,科爾報名參加了一個康復計劃,舊日的創傷終于得以愈合。
The Dutch foreign minister Maxime Verhagen decided that the best way his country could start to mend fences was to say it with flowers.
荷蘭外交大臣馬克西姆·費爾哈根認為,對他們國家而言,提出修復雙方關系的最好方式是通過鮮花。
Don't you think his car is making a strange noise? Tell him to mend it, please.
難道你不認為他的車正在發出奇怪的噪音嗎?請告訴他修理一下。
Obama is also trying to mend the broken economy of the US after the recession, and just signed into law a financial regulatory reform act.
與此同時,奧巴馬一直致力于復蘇在經濟危急中受創的美國經濟,并為自己的財政改革措施爭得了法律效力。
You had better ravel a bit of the left-over cloth to mend the tear in your trousers.
你最好拆散一小塊碎布頭來織補你的褲子。
If our industry fails to mend its ways, laws will be passed compelling us to do so.
如果我們這個行業失之檢點,不能改過自新,就會引出一些法令逼著我們去做。
That won't mend matters.
那于事無補。
Can you mend this broken chair?
你能修理這把破椅子嗎?
Marianne continued to mend every day.
瑪麗安一天天繼續好轉
But privately, he is trying to mend fences with Washington and pull the Palestinians back to the negotiating table.
私下里,他正在試圖修補與華盛頓的關系,并把巴勒斯坦人重新拉回到談判桌前。
You had better ravel a bit of the left-over cloth to mend the tear in your trousers.
你最好拆散一小塊碎布頭來織補你的褲子。
She might have called a few former friends to apologize, and mend fences for past squabbles .
她可能還會給幾位昔曰朋友打電話主動道歉,摒棄前嫌。
That's not going to restore growth or mend globalization or save capitalism, but it might be a small start to sanity.
拿可能對恢復增長、修復全球化或者是拯救資本主義沒有神惡魔作用,但它可能成為我們明智的開端。
Just when the American economy appeared to be on the mend, a new crisis is stressing global financial markets.
正當美國經濟顯露復蘇跡象之際,全球金融市場被新危機的陰霾所籠罩。
They are generally trying to mend their finances and conserve capital, or are looking to move into faster-growing markets.
大型歐洲銀行總體上都在努力修復自身的財務狀況、儲備資金,或是考慮進入增長更快的市場。
The mayor is trying to mend fences with members of the city council so they'll approve his plan.
因為市長在盡力改善他與市議會的成員的關系,所以他的計劃通過了。
David saw that his friends did not like him, so he decided to mend his fences.
大衛發現朋友們都不喜歡他,所以決定與他們重新修好。
I am afraid you do not like your pen. Let me mend it for you. I mend pens remarkably well.
我怕你那支筆不大管用了吧。讓我來代你修理修理。修筆真是我的拿手好戲。
Now I feel terrible. It is going to be expensive to mend it. Should I tell him about the computer game? Should I offer to pay?
現在我感覺糟透了。這將是昂貴,把它修一修。要我告訴他有關電腦游戲嗎?我應該提供如何支付?。
The town on the right bank said that it was at the end of the road, so the left-bank town should mend the hole.
他們都認為自己有更好的理由讓對方來修補這個洞。右岸的小鎮覺得自己是在路的盡頭,所以左岸的小鎮該負責修理。
Our friendship came so easily that we took it for granted, and when it began to unravel, neither of us had a clue how to mend it.
我們的友誼仿佛與生俱來,自然得讓我們覺得理所當然,以至當裂縫悄然出現,我們竟都不知該如何縫補。
The real problem is an inability to get the nation, as they see it, to wake up to impending disaster and mend its ways.
他們認為,真正的問題在于這個國家無法清醒的認識到這個迫在眉睫的災難以進行補救。
'They're all saying, 'It's either my way or no way, '' she said, adding she hopes her opinions will spur politicians to mend their ways.
“他們都說,‘要么用我的方案,要么用你的方案。’”她還表示,希望自己的評論能促使政治人士調整他們的主張。
He invited her to help him mend his broken bike .
他邀請她幫他修壞了的自行車。
We are trying to put inflation back into its cage and our economy is on the mend .
我們正在設法控制通貨膨脹,同時改善我們得經濟
Scientists say they have found a new way to mend damage to the heart.
科學家稱他們已經發現了心臟修復的一種新方法。
"We love Mr. Hatch, " insisted Mr. and Mrs. Dunwoody. "He gave us flowers for our garden. He helped to mend our back fence. "
“我想,我們喜歡哈奇先生。”杜伍德夫婦毫無猶豫地說。“他送了好多花給我們的花園。還幫我們一起修理花園后門。”
The computer and the animals worked together to mend the Star Zoo. After fifteen thousand years they were very good at it!
電腦和動物一起修補星際動物園。經過一萬五千年,它們對此十分熟練了!
When nature starts to grow again, To mend what winter's torn, May spring's rebirth take place in me Each day my soul is born.
當大自然又開始生長,修補冬天帶來的破壞時,愿春天在我心里重生,我的靈魂每日更新。