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。
• tomend fences→ see:fence

双语例句

• The result of the experiment shows that it not only makes the image clearer, but also keeps most of the feature points of the fingerprint and mends the ruptured fingerprint lines.
  实验结果显示，该算法不但使指纹图像变得更清晰，而且很好地保留了各指纹特征点，并且还能对断裂的指纹线做适当的修补。
• The configuration of honey pot includes installing virtual operation system, system mends, anti-virus process, log server, relative records, data package capturing and so on.
  该蜜罐配置包括安装虚拟操作系统、系统补丁和杀毒程序、日志服务器和相关记录、数据包捕获等步骤。
• The mends on your shirt were almost invisible.
  你衬衣上修补的地方简直看不出来。
• 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。
• In the process of creating the model, this paper mends the itinerary table of Concordia and design itinerary table with linked structure.
  在模型设计过程中对Concordia的旅行表进行了改进，创建了链式结构的旅行表。
• If severed, the material mends itself when the ends are pressed together for a few minutes at room temperature.
  如果断了，只需在室温条件下将其断裂两端按住几分钟，即可自我修复。
• Their shirts are always full of mends.
  他们的衬衫总是满是补丁。
• The experiment shows that this method mends traditional maximum flow algorithm, and improves the quality of web communities.
  实验证明，本文给出的改进的边容量分配方法提高了所发现网络社区的质量。
• To think that a man who mends our scraper should know any member of our aristocracy!
  一个给我们维修刮泥板的人竟然认识上流社会的人士！
• 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。