mends

英 [mendz]

美 [mendz]

v. 修理; 修补; 缝补; 织补; 弥合(分歧); 解决(争端)
n. 修补; 好转; 痊愈
mend的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

VERB 修理;修补
If youmendsomething that is broken or not working, you repair it, so that it works properly or can be used.
1. They took a long time to mend the roof...
  他们花了很长时间修缮屋顶。
2. 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。
3. I should have had the catch mended, but never got round to it.
  我原本应该修好这个窗钩的，却一直没能抽出时间来。
V-ERG (使)康复;(使)痊愈;(使)愈合
If a person or a part of their bodymendsoris mended, they get better after they have been ill or have had an injury.
1. You'll mend. The X-rays show that your arm will heal all right...
  你会康复的。X光照片显示你的胳膊能够较好地复原。
2. I'm feeling a good bit better. The cut aches, but it's mending...
  我感觉好多了。伤口很疼，但是正在愈合。
3. He must have a major operation on his knee to mend severed ligaments.
  为了让他断裂的韧带愈合，他的膝盖必须动一次大手术。
VERB 弥合(分歧);解决(争端)
If you try tomenddivisions between people, you try to end the disagreements or quarrels between them.
1. 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。
2. 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。
PHRASE (关系)正在改善;(形势)正在好转
If a relationship or situation ison the mendafter a difficult or unsuccessful period, it is improving.
1. 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。
PHRASE (病人)正在恢复之中，正在逐渐好起来
If you areon the mendafter an illness or injury, you are recovering from it.
1. The baby had been poorly but seemed on the mend.
  宝宝生病了，但似乎正在好起来。
PHRASE 改过自新;改邪归正
If someone who has been behaving badlymendstheirways, they begin to behave well.
1. 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。
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双语例句

The content of N and P in microorganism in tested soil had negative correlation with the pollution degree of heavy mends.
供试土壤微生物氮量和磷量与重金属污染程度呈负相关。
In the process of building the Multidimensional Data Model, We made some mends on the time dimension, adapted the time model based on competition, and this model provided enough information for the later analysis based on time.
在具体的建模过程中，对时间维作了一定的修正，提出了一种基于竞争机制的时间维模型，为基于时间的分析提供了更加充分的信息；
A plumber is a person who fits and mends the plumbing.
管子工是安装和修理水管的人。
Their shirts are always full of mends.
他们的衬衫总是满是补丁。
There is an unconscious heeling process within the mind which mends up in spite of our desperate determination never to forget.
心中的伤痛总是不知不觉渐渐愈合，虽然我们也曾痛苦地发誓说永不忘记。
While he's out, she mends his socks!
他常外出看病人，她呆在家补袜子！
The detecting unit mends the lack of artificial selective examination and achieves good efficiency.
在生产作业线上应用已经取得较好效果，克服了人工抽查的不足。
His Mends father pulled wires and got him a good job in a large company.
他朋友的父亲暗中牵线，帮助他在一家大公司找到一份好工作。
The authors state the development mends of forest dynamic monitoring techniques for the future.
分析了未来森林动态监测技术的发展动向及趋势。
If you want to be succeed, you'd better work hard, talking mends no holes!
如果你想成功，你最好努力工作，空谈是无济于事的。