mends

英 [mendz]

美 [mendz]

v.  修理; 修补; 缝补; 织补; 弥合(分歧); 解决(争端)
n.  修补; 好转; 痊愈
mend的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 修理;修补
  If youmendsomething that is broken or not working, you repair it, so that it works properly or can be used.
  1. They took a long time to mend the roof...
     他们花了很长时间修缮屋顶。
  2. Somebody else lent me a pump and helped me mend the puncture...
     别人借给我一个打气筒，又帮我补好了轮胎。
  3. I should have had the catch mended, but never got round to it.
     我原本应该修好这个窗钩的，却一直没能抽出时间来。
• V-ERG (使)康复;(使)痊愈;(使)愈合
  If a person or a part of their bodymendsoris mended, they get better after they have been ill or have had an injury.
  1. You'll mend. The X-rays show that your arm will heal all right...
     你会康复的。X光照片显示你的胳膊能够较好地复原。
  2. I'm feeling a good bit better. The cut aches, but it's mending...
     我感觉好多了。伤口很疼，但是正在愈合。
  3. He must have a major operation on his knee to mend severed ligaments.
     为了让他断裂的韧带愈合，他的膝盖必须动一次大手术。
• VERB 弥合(分歧);解决(争端)
  If you try tomenddivisions between people, you try to end the disagreements or quarrels between them.
  1. He sent Evans as his personal envoy to discuss ways to mend relations between the two countries...
     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。
  2. I felt that might well mend the rift between them.
     我觉得那样做也许可以让他们冰释前嫌。
• PHRASE (关系)正在改善;(形势)正在好转
  If a relationship or situation ison the mendafter a difficult or unsuccessful period, it is improving.
  1. More evidence that the economy was on the mend was needed.
     需要更多证据来证明经济正在好转。
• PHRASE (病人)正在恢复之中，正在逐渐好起来
  If you areon the mendafter an illness or injury, you are recovering from it.
  1. The baby had been poorly but seemed on the mend.
     宝宝生病了，但似乎正在好起来。
• PHRASE 改过自新;改邪归正
  If someone who has been behaving badlymendstheirways, they begin to behave well.
  1. He has promised drastic disciplinary action if they do not mend their ways.
     如果他们不改邪归正的话，他保证一定严惩不贷。
• tomend fences→ see:fence

双语例句

• This paper mends the standard particle swarm optimization algorithm and makes parameters optimization of designed function of well trajectory.
  不同的优化目标是通过不同的轨迹函数来体现的。本文在对标准的粒子群算法进行改进的基础上对设计的轨迹函数进行了参数优化。
• To think that a man who mends our scraper should know any member of our aristocracy!
  一个给我们维修刮泥板的人竟然认识上流社会的人士！
• Scratch Remover mends small defects and removes unwanted background details.
  擦伤移转者修改小的缺点而且除去不必要的背景细节。
• If you want to be succeed, you'd better work hard, talking mends no holes!
  如果你想成功，你最好努力工作，空谈是无济于事的。
• A plumber is a person who fits and mends the plumbing.
  管子工是安装和修理水管的人。
• There is an unconscious heeling process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget.
  心中的伤痛总是不知不觉渐渐愈合，虽然我们也曾痛苦地发誓说永不忘记。
• She never mends her clothes; they all have holes in them.
  她从来都不补缀衣服。因此，衣服上到处都是破洞。
• Their shirts are always full of mends.
  他们的衬衫总是满是补丁。
• They say that time mends a broken heart and true love never ends, but if true love never ended then time wouldn't have to mend.
  人们说时间可以修补受伤的心，真爱永远不死，但如果爱真的永不会消失，为什么还要靠时间去修补呢？
• This counter mends cameras while you wait.
  本柜为顾客修理照相机，立等可取。