单词 | mend |
释义 | mend[mend]n. 改进, 修补, 好转vt. 修改, 改进, 加快, 修理vi. 好转, 改善【机】 修理相关词组:mend or endmend or maron the mendmend one's ways mend mend AHD: [mµnd] D.J. [mend]K.K. [mWnd]v.(动词) mend.ed,mend.ing,mends v.tr.(及物动词)1. To make repairs or restoration to; fix.修理:修理或修复;整理2. To reform or correct:改正,纠正:mend one's ways.改过自新v.intr.(不及物动词)1. 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2. To heal:痊愈:The bone mended in a month.骨伤一个月之内就痊愈了3. To make repairs or corrections.修理,矫正n.(名词)1. 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2. 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习惯用语: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&I{[them]} were banished” (&b{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.健康好转语源:1. Middle English menden 中古英语 menden 2. short for amenden [to amend] * see amend amenden的简写 [改善,改进] *参见 amend继承用法:mend“able adj.(形容词)mend“er n.(名词) |
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