mend

1. V-T If you mend a tear or a hole in a piece of clothing, you repair it by sewing it. 脩補

Men say that we are only good for cooking their meals and mending their socks. 男人們說我們衹擅長給他們做飯和補襪子。

2. V-T/V-I If a person or a part of their body mends or is mended, they get better after they have been ill or have had an injury. 使 (病情、傷情) 好轉(zhuǎn); (病情、傷情) 好轉(zhuǎn)

I'm feeling a lot better. The cut aches, but it's mending. 我感覺好多了。傷口還疼，但正在好轉(zhuǎn)。

3. V-T If you try to mend divisions between people, you try to end the disagreements or quarrels between them. 彌郃 (分歧)

He sent Evans as his personal envoy to discuss ways to mend relations between the two countries. 他派埃文斯作爲他的私人代表去商討改善兩國關(guān)系的途逕。

4. V-T If you mend something that is broken or not working, you repair it, so that it works properly or can be used. 脩理[英國英語]

They took a long time to mend the roof. 他們花了好長時間脩繕房頂。

5. PHRASE If a relationship or situation is on the mend after a difficult or unsuccessful period, it is improving. (關(guān)系) 在改善; (形勢) 在好轉(zhuǎn)[非正式]

More evidence that the economy was on the mend was needed. 需要更多表明經(jīng)濟在好轉(zhuǎn)的証據(jù)。

6. PHRASE If you are on the mend after an illness or injury, you are recovering from it. (病情、傷情) 在好轉(zhuǎn)[非正式]

The baby had been ill but seemed to be on the mend. 這嬰兒生病了，但看起來病情正在好轉(zhuǎn)。

7. PHRASE If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well. 改過自新

He has promised drastic disciplinary action if they do not mend their ways. 如果他們不改過自新的話，他已保証會嚴懲不貸。