1 VERB 修理;修补 If you mend something that is broken or not working, you repair it, so that it works properly or can be used. 修理;修补
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They took a long time to mend the roof. [VERB noun]
他们花了很长时间修缮屋顶。
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Somebody else lent me a pump and helped me mend the puncture. [VERB noun]
别人借给我一个打气筒，又帮我补好了轮胎。
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I should have had the catch mended, but never got round to it. [have noun VERB-ed]
我原本应该修好这个窗钩的，却一直没能抽出时间来。
SYN repair, fix, restore, renew
2 V-ERG (使)康复;(使)痊愈;(使)愈合 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. (使)康复;(使)痊愈;(使)愈合
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You'll mend. The X-rays show that your arm will heal all right. [VERB]
你会康复的。X光照片显示你的胳膊能够较好地复原。
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I'm feeling a good bit better. The cut aches, but it's mending. [VERB]
我感觉好多了。伤口很疼，但是正在愈合。
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He must have a major operation on his knee to mend severed ligaments. [VERB noun]
为了让他断裂的韧带愈合，他的膝盖必须动一次大手术。
SYN heal, improve, recover, cure
3 VERB 弥合(分歧);解决(争端) If you try to mend divisions between people, you try to end the disagreements or quarrels between them. 弥合(分歧);解决(争端)
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He sent Evans as his personal envoy to discuss ways to mend relations between the two countries. [VERB noun]
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。
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I felt that might well mend the rift between them. [VERB noun]
我觉得那样做也许可以让他们冰释前嫌。
SYN put right, settle, resolve, heal
4 PHRASE (关系)正在改善;(形势)正在好转 If a relationship or situation is on the mend after a difficult or unsuccessful period, it is improving. (关系)正在改善;(形势)正在好转 [informal] [informal]
5 PHRASE (病人)正在恢复之中，正在逐渐好起来 If you are on the mend after an illness or injury, you are recovering from it. (病人)正在恢复之中，正在逐渐好起来
6 PHRASE 改过自新;改邪归正 If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well. 改过自新;改邪归正
7 to mend fences→see: fence
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