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mend AHD[mĕnd] D.J.[mend]K.K.[mɛnd]v.（动词）mend.ed, mend.ing, mends v.tr.（及物动词）- To make repairs or restoration to; fix.修理：修理或修复；整理
- To reform or correct:改正，纠正：mend one's ways.改过自新
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To improve in health or condition:康复：渐愈或健康好转：The patient is mending well.这个病人的病情正在好转
- To heal:痊愈：The bone mended in a month.骨伤一个月之内就痊愈了
- To make repairs or corrections.修理，矫正
n.（名词）- The act of mending:修补：修补的动作：did a neat mend on the sock.将袜子缝补得整整齐齐
- A mended place:补丁：修补过的地方：You can't tell where the mend is.你简直看不出补丁在哪儿
mend fences - To improve poor relations, especially in politics:改善关系：改善不良关系，尤指在政治中："Whatever thoughts he may have entertained about mending some fences with[them] were banished" (Conor Cruise O'Brien)“不管他曾有过什么与他们 改善关系的想法，这些想法都被排除了” (康纳·克鲁斯·奥布赖恩)
on the mend - Improving, especially in health.健康好转
- Middle English menden 中古英语 menden
- short for amenden [to amend] * see amend amenden的简写 [改善，改进] * 参见 amend
mendʹable adj.（形容词）mendʹer n.（名词） |