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 counter mends cameras while you wait.
  本柜为顾客修理照相机，立等可取。
• If any comfort can be found, it can, perhaps, be found by seeking the face of God, who quiets our troubled minds, a God who mends our broken hearts, a God who eases our mourning souls.
  如果，要是真的有安慰的话，或许只有寻求上帝的面，让他来抚平我们的伤痛，上帝医治我们心里的创伤，上帝安抚我们悲恸的灵魂。
• But a simple device, which solves this problem successfully, mends the flaw of designs of many microscopes.
  而一个简单的装置解决了这个问题，弥补了许多显微镜设计上的不足。
• His Mends father pulled wires and got him a good job in a large company.
  他朋友的父亲暗中牵线，帮助他在一家大公司找到一份好工作。
• The content of N and P in microorganism in tested soil had negative correlation with the pollution degree of heavy mends.
  供试土壤微生物氮量和磷量与重金属污染程度呈负相关。
• Their shirts are always full of mends.
  他们的衬衫总是满是补丁。
• The detecting unit mends the lack of artificial selective examination and achieves good efficiency.
  在生产作业线上应用已经取得较好效果，克服了人工抽查的不足。
• 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。
• 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？
• The configuration of honey pot includes installing virtual operation system, system mends, anti-virus process, log server, relative records, data package capturing and so on.
  该蜜罐配置包括安装虚拟操作系统、系统补丁和杀毒程序、日志服务器和相关记录、数据包捕获等步骤。