mend /mɛnd/ CET4 TEM4 ( mending, mended, mends )

• 1. 

  V-T If you mend a tear or a hole in a piece of clothing, you repair it by sewing it. 修补

  例：

  Men say that we are only good for cooking their meals and mending their socks.

  男人们说我们只擅长给他们做饭和补袜子。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If a person or a part of their body mends or is mended, they get better after they have been ill or have had an injury. 使 (病情、伤情) 好转; (病情、伤情) 好转

  例：

  I'm feeling a lot better. The cut aches, but it's mending.

  我感觉好多了。伤口还疼，但正在好转。

• 3. 

  V-T If you try to mend divisions between people, you try to end the disagreements or quarrels between them. 弥合 (分歧)

  例：

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

  他派埃文斯作为他的私人代表去商讨改善两国关系的途径。

• 4. 

  V-T If you mend something that is broken or not working, you repair it, so that it works properly or can be used. 修理 [英国英语]

  例：

  They took a long time to mend the roof.

  他们花了好长时间修缮房顶。

• 5. 

  PHRASE If a relationship or situation is on the mend after a difficult or unsuccessful period, it is improving. (关系) 在改善; (形势) 在好转 [非正式]

  例：

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

  需要更多表明经济在好转的证据。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If you are on the mend after an illness or injury, you are recovering from it. (病情、伤情) 在好转 [非正式]

  例：

  The baby had been ill but seemed to be on the mend.

  这婴儿生病了，但看起来病情正在好转。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well. 改过自新

  例：

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

  如果他们不改过自新的话，他已保证会严惩不贷。