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单词 mend
释义
mend
verb[T]
uk
/mend/us
/mend/
B1
torepairsomething that isbrokenordamaged:
修理；修补；缝补
Could you mend thisholein myshirt?你能把我衬衫上的这个洞补一下吗？
UKI'veleftmywatchat the jeweller's to be mended.我把手表留在钟表匠那儿修理了。
UKTheplumbercame to mend theburstpipe.管道工来修理爆裂的水管。
The country'spresidentisseekingto mendrelationswith theUnitedStates.该国总统正试图修复与美国的关系。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to repair something
  • repairHe asked if she could repair the broken lamp.
  • fixI must get my bike fixed.
  • mendCan you mend that hole in my trousers?
  • do upNick loves doing up old cars.
  • serviceI'm taking the car to the garage to have it serviced this afternoon.
  • patch upI patched up the old bike and got it working.
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More examples
  • A man's coming to mend theboilerthisafternoon.
  • IthoughtI could mend theradiomyself, but I've had toadmitdefeat.
  • Nevertryto mend abrokenmachinewithoutdisconnectingit from theelectricitysupply.
  • Hewantsme to mend hisshirtfor him, but I'm not going to!
  • He can mend anything - he's so good with hishands.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Correcting and mending
  • calibration
  • clean(someone/something)up
  • correction
  • fiddle (around) withsomething
  • fine-tune
  • mess
  • recondition
  • reconstruct
  • reconstruction
  • rectification
  • refine
  • remedy
  • revise
  • revised
  • set/put the record straightidiom
  • smoothsomethingaway
  • smoothen
  • sort
  • sortsomethingout
  • tinker
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Idioms

mendyourfences
mendyourways
mend
noun[C]
uk
/mend/us
/mend/
UK
aplacein apieceofclothingwhere arepairhas been made
修补过的地方
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Correcting and mending
  • calibration
  • clean(someone/something)up
  • correction
  • fiddle (around) withsomething
  • fine-tune
  • mess
  • recondition
  • reconstruct
  • reconstruction
  • rectification
  • refine
  • remedy
  • revise
  • revised
  • set/put the record straightidiom
  • smoothsomethingaway
  • smoothen
  • sort
  • sortsomethingout
  • tinker
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Idiom

be on the mend
(Definition ofmendfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mend| American Dictionary

mend
verb
us
/mend/

mendverb(REPAIR)

[T]
torepaircloththat istornor something that isdamaged:
Could you mend thisholein myshirt?
Thecountryisseekingto mendrelationswith the US.

mendverb(BECOME WELL)

[I/T]
tobecomewell again after anillnessorinjury:
[I]Thebonesin mybrokenwristtook eightweeksto mend.

mend

nounus
/mend/

Idioms

mendyourways
on the mend
(Definition ofmendfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

mend| Business English

mend
verb[T]
uk
/mend/us
UK
torepairsomething that isbrokenor notworking:
They'resendingsomeone round to mend thephotocopier.
tofindasolutionto aproblem:
The newgovernmentpledgedto mend the country'sbrokensociety.
mend fences/bridges/relations
totrytoimprovearelationshipwith someone you have had adisagreementwith:
Theindustryistryingto mendfenceswithgovernment,environmentalgroups, and thepublic.
mend your ways
tobegintoimproveyourbehaviourafter you have beenbehavingbadly:
Theoutcryover third-worldchildexploitationhasshamedsomeemployersinto mendingtheirways.
mend
noun
uk
/mend/us
be on the mendinformal
to beimprovingafter aperiodofdifficultyorfailure:
Theeconomyfinallyseemsto be on the mend.
(Definition ofmendfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmend

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If we could look behind those carefully mended curtains we should see carpets faded and patched.
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They are simple improvements of a type that we never get around to—like mending the staircase that always creaked in grandad's day.
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He may be a plumber, electrician, or fireman who goes window cleaning, gardening, cleaning a car or mending a television set.
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I think this is a case in which the least said the soonest mended.
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There existed another category described in the same speech as the more seriously damaged which, though now unfit to live in, were still worth mending.
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However, these are matters where at present it may be a case of the least said, soonest mended.
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I think that he used a phrase about mending fences.
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I think that he should have the right to go back to the sheriff and say that he has mended his ways.
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Now, the important thing is to forget this sorry episode as soon as possible—the least said, the soonest mended.
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Take up his time usefully in putting permanent waves into hair or in mending broken chairs.
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Is there any reason why preparations should not be made for mending the breach?
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Both those sections are numerically inferior to the great bulk of those people who wish to see things mended in the industry.
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I believe that the council mended its ways subsequently.
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When he sends his car to be mended and it comes back with a new engine is it the same car or a different car?
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The less said about that the sooner it is mended; because the bottom fell out of that.
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