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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- mend [mεnd] [mend]
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1.
vt.
修理；修补；修缮；织补；缝补
- This will help to mend any damage that has been done.
- 这可以修复任何损伤。
- 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。
- The sleeve of this shirt is mended.
- 这件衬衫的袖子上有补丁。
- 2. vt. 改良；改进；纠正；改正
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3.
vt.
赔偿；偿还[现仅用于least said，soonest mend ed 少说为妙，言多必失]
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4.
vt.
治愈，使恢复健康
- 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。
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5.
vt.
超过，胜过
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6.
vi.
渐愈；恢复健康
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7.
vi.
（骨折等）愈合
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8.
noun
修理；修补；改进；改善
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9.
noun
修补的地方
- My sock has a mend.
- 我的袜子上有块儿补丁。
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1.
vt.
修理；修补；修缮；织补；缝补
Collins English-English Dictionary
- mend [mεnd]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to repair (something broken or unserviceable)
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2.
vt.
to improve or undergo improvement; reform (often in the phrase mend one's ways)
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3.
vi.
[intr]
to heal or recover
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4.
vi.
[intr]
(of conditions) to improve; become better
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5.
vt.
[tr]
[Northern English]
to feed or stir (a fire)
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6.
n
the act of repairing
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7.
n
a mended area, esp on a garment
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8.
n
[Etymology]
C12: shortened from
amend
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to repair (something broken or unserviceable)
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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