单词详解
1. vt.
A.修理,修补,缝补(restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)
He asked her to mend his socks. 他叫她替他补袜子。
B.改善,改良,纠正,改正(correct or improve)
You should mend your manners. 你的态度应当纠正。
2. vi.
A.恢复,康复(heal or recover)
His health is mending. 他的健康状况正在好转。
B.改过,改善(improve)
It is never too late to mend.改过不嫌晚。
3. n. [C]
修缮部位(the place that have been repaired)
The mend in your dress scarcely shows. 你衣服上补过的地方几乎看不出来。
相关词组
1. mend one’s ways改过自新
There are no signs to show he is mending his ways. 没有迹象表明他在改过自新。
2. It is never too late to mend. 改过不嫌迟。
3. on the mend在康复中
His health is on the mend. 他的健康正在好转中。
相关单词
过去式:mended
过去分词:mended
现在分词:mending
复数:mends
近义词:repair
名词:mender
相关链接
词语辨析:mend, repair
mend, repair这两个词都可以表示“修补”,其区别在于:
mend: 可以用来表示对打破、撕破、穿破等物或衣服进行修理或修补;也可以表示治愈创伤,矫正过错或使破裂的感情重归于好。
repair: 当一种比较复杂的东西部分损坏了或损伤的范围大时,如果表示把它修复起来,常用repair。
词语详解
1. mend: 可以用来表示对打破、撕破、穿破等物或衣服进行修理或修补;也可以表示治愈创伤,矫正过错或使破裂的感情重归于好。
The workmen are mending the road. 工人们正在修路。
We must do something to mend his reputation. 我们必须想办法恢复他的名誉。
2. repair: 当一种比较复杂的东西部分损坏了或损伤的范围大时,如果表示把它修复起来,常用repair。
He has never managed to get enough money to have the church.
他从未能够弄到足够的钱来修理教堂。