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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- mend (one's) fences
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[American English]
修补篱笆（恢复恶化了的或不利的政治形势、地位或关系），进行政治活动，照顾自己的政治利益；（美议员）巩固自己的地盘
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[American English]
修补篱笆（恢复恶化了的或不利的政治形势、地位或关系），进行政治活动，照顾自己的政治利益；（美议员）巩固自己的地盘
Examples
- to mend one's manners
- 使自己有风度 → mend
- A Passion, without warmth, cannot mend a broken heart.
- 仅有热情而没有热心，不足以修补一颗受伤的心灵。 → mend
- This will help to mend any damage that has been done.
- 这可以修复任何损伤。 → mend
- This is an antique, but we have to mend some parts to sell it.
- 这是件古董，但出售前我们得对它进行部分修补。 → antique
- My sock has a mend.
- 我的袜子上有块儿补丁。 → mend
- Some mistakes can mend, others simply not.
- 有些错误可以弥补，而有些则无法挽回。
- A plumber is coming to mend the piping this afternoon.
- 今天下午水管工会过来修管道。
- to mend one's ways
- 改善自己的行为方式 → mend
- to be on the mend
- [inf] 在好转中 → mend
- we must have the electrician in to mend the fire → have in
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