| 单词 | mend |
| 释义 | mend I. transitive verb 1. a. (1) < dear to their tender bosoms … is a bad man they are mending — George Meredith > < too late to mend the nation — V.J.Ryan > — usually used in the phrases mend one's ways < he could be counseled to mend his ways — Ralph Linton > and mend one's manners < young man, you had better mend your manners > (2) < mend a corrupt text > (3) < think I can do something to mend all this — William Black > < an attempt was made to mend matters by a law — C.L.Jones > (4) < spends the weekend mending political fences — E.O.Hauser > < went through Europe mending fences with assiduous alacrity — John Gunther > b. (1) < used to come in and mend our car — Michael Davie > < the roads were never mended — Ellen Glasgow > < mend a torn sleeve > (2) (3) c. < before the bone was fully mended — Current Biography > < learned to mend his soul by going to sea — John Erskine †1951 > < no sleep but one can mend him — Herbert Gold > d. (1) < the standards of marriage must be mended — F.S.Mitchell > < men who needed to mend their fortunes — T.B.Costain > (2) obsolete (3) dialect (4) obsolete (5) < mended his pace with suitable haste — Stephen Crane > 2. intransitive verb 1. 2. < her troubles were beginning to mend — Ellen Glasgow > < depression and lack of spirit mended visibly — Arnold Nicholson > 3. a. < if he mends in time to play again — Rogers Whitaker > < after that I began to mend — Corra Harris > b. < waited for his injury to mend — American Guide Series: Tennessee > 4. chiefly dialect Synonyms: < mend a sock > < mend a worn shoe sole > < mend one's ways > < mend a broken marriage > repair, similar to mend and often interchangeable with it in the sense of to make whole or sound, more commonly applies to more complex things or to a more extensive damage or dilapidation < repair a ripped coat > < repair a broken bicycle > < the fault which must be repaired swiftly — S.L.A.Marshall > < repaired the irregularities of his teeth — John Buchan > < constantly repairing an old run-down house > patch, often patch up, implies a mending of a hole, rent, or weak spot by the application of a patch but can extend to cover several ideas suggestive of this, as (in the form patch up) to mend or repair temporarily in an obvious, hurried, careless, or clumsy way, or to fix something up expediently < patch a punctured tire > < patch a road with asphalt > < patch up a hole in the roof > < each community might make a list of its strong and weak points and go to work to patch up the latter — Chester Bowles > < patch up a damaged ship in order to make port > < patch up an excuse > rebuild in this comparison has a currency in industry and business to imply a more thoroughgoing repair than usual, suggesting an almost complete renewing < rebuild old typewriters > < shoe rebuilding > remodel implies repairing with alterations, often extensive, in the structure or design < forced the owners of 6000 houses and apartment buildings to repair or remodel — Time > < the house was enlarged and it has been subsequently remodeled and modernized — American Guide Series: North Carolina > II. 1. mends plural but usually singular in construction, chiefly dialect Britain a. b. 2. mends plural, obsolete 3. a. b. • - on the mend |
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