patch up

基本解釋

[After that earthquake] we just had to patch up the cracks the following day.
我們衹需在第二天脩補(bǔ)一下裂縫就可以了。
I pictured my father struggling to patch up my broken heart with a pen, and his closing words slipped like minnows through my tears.
我可以想象父親正在用他的筆，努力來脩補(bǔ)我那破碎的心。他最後的話像小魚那樣悄悄霤過我的眼淚。
But American scientists are now playing from behind trying to replace or patch up the infrastructure that lets us understand what’s going on with our planet.
不過，美國科學(xué)家目前正在嘗試從背後更換或脩補(bǔ)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施，讓我們了解我們的星球上正發(fā)生著什麼。

Then it's very clear the way you patch it up is you multiply it by this constant and now we're all set.
很明顯,彌補(bǔ)的方法就是,乘以這個常數(shù)就全部搞定了
耶魯公開課 - 基礎(chǔ)物理課程節(jié)選

Politicians and diplomats on both sides are now seeking to patch up the relationship.
ECONOMIST: Argentina and Uruguay
Surely it was time to meet and patch up the wounds they had inflicted upon each other.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Meet You In Hell'
The consortium has committed to help relocate the displaced and patch up any damage to the environment.
ECONOMIST: Energy in Brazil

If you patch up an argument or relationship, you try to be friendly again and not to argue anymore.
If you patch up something that is damaged, you repair it or patch it.
If doctors patch someone up or patch their wounds up, they treat their injuries.