mend
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vt.
1.修理,修補(bǔ);縫補(bǔ)
He asked her to mend his socks.
他叫她替他補(bǔ)襪子.
2.改善,改良;糾正,改正
He pledged that he would mend his ways.
他保證他將改過自新.
3.使愈合;使恢復(fù)健康
vi.
1.漸愈;好轉(zhuǎn)
The child is mending nicely.
這孩子的病情在很快好轉(zhuǎn).
2.改過;改善
The economy is on the mend.
經(jīng)濟(jì)情況正在好轉(zhuǎn).
It is never too late to mend.
改過不嫌晚.
n.
1.修繕部位[C]
The mend in your dress scarcely shows.
你衣服上補(bǔ)過的地方幾乎看不出來.
The coat has a mend on the elbow.
這件外套的肘部補(bǔ)過.
2.好轉(zhuǎn);痊愈[the S]
His health is on the mend.
他的健康正在好轉(zhuǎn)中.