a·mends
noun/əˈmendz/
/əˈmendz/
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French amendes ‘penalties, fine’, plural of amende ‘reparation’, from amender, based on Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’.
[plural]Idioms Idioms
make amends (to somebody) (for something/for doing something)
- to do something for somebody in order to show that you are sorry for something wrong or unfair that you have done
（因某事向某人）赔偿，补偿，赔不是；将功补（过） - She tried to make amends for what she had said to her mother by buying her some flowers.
她试图通过给母亲买一些花来弥补她对母亲所说的话。 - The team is desperate to make amends for two successive defeats.
球队迫切希望弥补两连败。
Wordfinder- amends
- apologize
- ashamed
- embarrassed
- forgive
- regret
- remorse
- repent
- sorry
- sympathy
- She tried to make amends for what she had said to her mother by buying her some flowers.