mend

[mend]
  • 释义
  • 修理;缝补;康复;解决争端;

  • 词义辨析
  • mend, amend, fix, patch, repair
  • 这五个词都可表示“修理”“修补”。它们的区别是:
    1.fix是口语用词。
    2.repair是一般用词,凡是损坏、损伤、故障,尤其是收音机、手表、汽车、炉子等这类的机械装置需要“修理”“维修”时用repair。例如:
    We have repaired the motor.我们已经修好了电动机。
    Xiao Wang is repairing desks and chairs in the classroom.小王正在教室里修理桌椅。
    The puncture has been repaired.那个洞被补上了。
    The house must be repaired from top to bottom.这所房子必须彻底进行修理。
    3.mend多指修补磨损、穿破、撕毁的简单日常用品,也可用于比喻,指改进行为、修改法律、治愈感情创伤等。例如:
    Let me mend the socks for you.让我来给你补袜子。
    The child will soon mend if she has enough to eat.这孩子如果有足够的东西吃就会很快恢复健康。
    The relations between John and David are mending.约翰与戴维的关系在改善。
    It is never too late to mend.改过不嫌晚。
    It is not too late to mend the fold even after some of the sheep have been lost.亡羊补牢,犹未为晚。
    4.amend是正式用语,含有改造人或法规的缺陷与不足之意。例如:
    You must amend your pronunciation.你必须改正你的发音。
    The thief has amended.这小偷改过自新了。
    It's time you amended your ways.是你改过自新的时候了。
    The regulations are amended.这些规则被修正了。
    5.patch指用一块材料把有洞的地方、有裂痕的地方、被穿破的地方贴起来。例如:
    The workman patched the ceiling.工人修补了天花板。
    This piece of material is just right to patch the roof.这块材料正好可用来补屋顶。
    He patched all the fences near the house.他把靠近房子的围墙全都修了。
  • mend,repair,patch,fix
  • 这些动词都含“修理、修复”之意。
    mend通常指较简单的修复过程,一般不需要专门技术或特殊工具。
    repair可与mend换用,但一般指需要较高的职业技能和使用较复杂的工具进行修理。
    patch通常指用类似材料修补破洞、裂缝或磨损的地方。
    fix多用于美语,仅用于指带有安装,固定性质的修理。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    Look here, you two , you're always at loggerheads. Mend it or end it.

    喂, 你们俩老是争吵. 要么握手言和,要么决裂算了.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 2、

    You'll need a strong adhesive to mend that chair.

    你需要一种粘性很强的东西来修理那把椅子.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 3、

    They requested sappers to mend bridges or remove mines.

    他们要求坑道工兵修桥或拆雷。

    柯林斯例句
  • 4、

    Will you please mend the sleeve of my blouse?

    请你把我衬衣的袖子补一下好 吗 ?

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 5、

    Could you mend my bike for me?

    你能帮我修一下自行车吗?

    ——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
  • 6、

    Relations between Japan and China have recently been on the mend.

    最近,中日关系在向好的方面发展.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 7、

    It's a pity we didn't mend our fences with the colonel.

    可惜我们还没有和上校先生调整好关系.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 8、

    We need an electrician to mend the iron.

    我们要请电工修理熨斗.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 9、

    He was anxious to mend the rift between the two men.

    他急于弥合这两个人之间的裂痕.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 10、

    You should mend your manners.

    你的态度应当纠正.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 11、

    He should mend his manners.

    他应改正他的行为.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 12、

    He's on the mend.

    他的病见好了.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 13、

    We must do something to mend his reputation.

    我们必须想办法恢复他的名誉.

    ——《用法词典》
  • 14、

    Things will mend in time.

    事态总有一天会好转.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 15、

    The mend in your dress scarcely shows.

    你衣服上修补的地方几乎看不出来.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 16、

    The patient is on the mend.

    病情好转.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 17、

    You didn't mend the boat properly — the water is still leaking in.

    你没有修好船,水还是会漏进来.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 18、

    She asked how to mend the radio.

    她问无线电怎么修.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 19、

    I felt that might well mend the rift between them.

    我觉得那样做也许可以让他们冰释前嫌。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 20、

    Somebody else lent me a pump and helped me mend the puncture.

    别人借给我一个打气筒,又帮我补好了轮胎。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 21、

    Somebody helped me mend the puncture.

    有个人帮我修补扎破的轮胎。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 22、

    More evidence that the economy was on the mend was needed.

    需要更多证据来证明经济正在好转。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 23、

    He has promised drastic disciplinary action if they do not mend their ways.

    如果他们不改邪归正的话,他保证一定严惩不贷。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 24、

    They started to mend the woodwork and paint the walls.

    他们开始修补木建部分,粉刷墙壁。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 25、

    Washington was last night doing its best to mend fences with the Europeans, saying it understood their concerns.

    昨晚,华盛顿尽最大努力与欧洲各国修好,称理解其担忧。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 26、

    The baby had been poorly but seemed on the mend.

    宝宝生病了,但似乎正在好起来。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 27、

    The youths are taught how to spray paint cars and mend fences.

    教授年轻人如何给汽车喷漆和修理护栏。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 28、

    He sent Evans as his personal envoy to discuss ways to mend relations between the two countries.

    他派埃文斯以私人特使的身份前往商讨修复两国关系的途径。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 29、

    The woman asked if he could perhaps mend her fences, and so he stayed.

    女人问他能否给她修一修篱笆,于是他留了下来。

    ——柯林斯例句