- 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。
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词源词根法
来自拉丁语emendare,修理,纠正错误,来自ex-,向外,menda,错误,缺陷,词源同mendicant,残疾人,行乞者。
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单词用法
mend的基本意思是“修理(补〕”,常指使由于穿用而破碎的、撕裂的、破损的衣服、鞋、帽等具体物品重新完整或坚固起来,含有不需要高超的技艺或特殊的设备的意味。用于抽象事物可表示“恢复”“康复”“改(纠〕正”“改善(进〕”等,这时不强调手段,而强调结果。
重要短语
on the mend 在好转中
mend one's fences 修补篱笆;争取重新建立好关系
- 双语例句 更多例句
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。
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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。
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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》
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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- 相关词组
- mend or mar或成之或毁之;
- mend with用…修补;
- on the mend在康复中, 在改进中;
- mend one's way[法]改过自新;
- mend a road修路;
- mend one's waysv.改过;卖刀买犊;归正;改恶从善;
- mend one's fencesv.修补篱笆;
- mend shoes修鞋;
- mend one's manners变得更有礼貌;
- mend one's pacev.加快步子;
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- secretary n.秘书;书记员;助理;俱乐部、社团等的)干事,文书;部长;大臣
- survival n.生存;残存物;
- strait n.海峡;(常用pl.)窘迫,困境;危难;
- resist v.反对;抵制;忍住;经得起;
- steward n.(船舶,飞机或火车上的)服务员,乘务员;(私人家中的)管家; (比赛、游行等公共活动的) 组织者;
- sleep vi.睡,睡觉;睡眠状态;vt.为…提供床位;提供住宿;以睡觉打发日子;
- sniff vt.鄙视地说;嗅;深深吸入;发现;忿忿不平地说;vi.鄙视;嗅,闻;呼哧地吸气;寻找,好奇地查看;
- too adv.也;太,过于;(表示感谢)极其;(表示强调)而且,还;
- challenge n.挑战;比赛邀请;质疑;v.对…怀疑;挑战,考验;盘问;
- supermarket n.超级市场;超市;
- front n.前面;临街的一面;身体前部;海滨道;战争前线;阵线;假面具;幌子;(冷暖空气团接触的)锋;adj.前面的;舌前的 ;
- VIP abbr.very important people 贵宾,大人物;vasoactive intestinal peptide 血管活性肠肽;Video Interface Processor 视频接口处理器;Variable Information Processing 可变信息处理;