- 词义辨析
repair, amend, fix, mend, patch
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。
- 速记技巧
联想记忆法
re=再次、反复;pair=一双、一对(a pair of socks一双袜子)。
重新使某东西成为一对,是不是意味着之前就不是一对,同时意味着把本来不是一对的重新搞成一对,不就是对之前状态的一种修复、修理和补救吗?
可以了解下词源解释:
本单词来自拉丁语reparare,修复,复原,来自re-,再,重新,parare,准备,词源同prepare(同根词:repairation n修复).
- 近义词
- 反义词
- restorevt.归还;交还;使恢复;修复;
- healv.(使)康复;治愈;(使)结束;
- patchn.补丁,补片;眼罩;斑点;小块;
- mendv.修理;缝补;康复;解决争端;
- recoverv.康复;复原;重新获得;恢复;
- fixv.固定;确定;安排;修理;找到;准备(食物);梳洗;作弊;惩罚;操纵;定(影);
- formn.类型;形态,外形;表格;状态;
- adjustmentn.调节,调整;调节器;调解,调停;(赔偿损失的)清算;
- improvementn.改善;改进之处;改善的事物;
- patchn.补丁,补片;眼罩;斑点;小块;
- restorationn.(规章制度等的)恢复;复原;(遗失等物的)归还原主;整修;
- conditionn.状况;环境,处境;条件,条款;健康状况;疾病;
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n.
- 知识拓展
常用短语
maintenance and repair 保养和修理
repair and maintenance 检修;修理和维护
repair work 修理作业
repair shop 修配车间
- 双语例句 更多例句
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《简明英汉词典》
Check that everything is in good repair before moving in, as you have to replace breakages.
在搬进来前查看一下屋里的东西是否都完好无损,因为以后破损的物件要由你来更换。
柯林斯词典例句库
It will take a lot of repair work before the theatre regains its former splendour.
要想剧院重拾昔日的辉煌,必须进行大规模整修.
《简明英汉词典》
A special news program exposed underhanded auto repair shops that are ripping off senior citizens.
一个特别新闻节目揭露了一家敲榨老年人的卑鄙的汽车维修店.
《简明英汉词典》
雨季就要到了, 修理排灌设备是急如星火的任务.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
If you think that the repair is going to be a difficult job, we'll just have to call in a builder.
如果你认为这项修理工作很困难的话, 我们就得去请个建筑工人来了.
《简明英汉词典》
我原本以为自己对电器懂得不少, 但当人家让我修理这台旧收音机时, 我不得不承认我碰到了棘手的事.
《简明英汉词典》
Not one single bit of work has been started towards the repair of this road.
这条路的修缮工作一丁点儿都还没开始。
柯林斯词典例句库
It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day.
修理自行车就是他的话,而且常常是一天要干14个小时.
《用法词典》
- 相关词组
- under repair正在修理;
- repair person修理人员
- repair dock修船坞;
- natural repair自愈;
- slow repair[医]慢修复,持久性修复;
- repair shop维修车间;
- running repair小修;日常修理;航行修理;验修;
- vehicle repair汽车修理;
- dock repair坞修;
- repair deficiency[医]修复缺损,修复缺陷;
- repair to到…去(特指成群地去或经常去);
- minor repair小修理;
- current repair小修,日常[现场]修理;
- repair the roads修路;
- casual repair临时修理;
- repair costs[化] 修理费,修理费用;
- in good repair保养完好的;
- repair kit工作服;
- beyond repair无法修补[恢复];
- out of repair失修, 破损;
- 今日热词
- 热门搜索
- What can I say 我还能说什么呢; 我还能说什么;
- umbrella n.雨伞;〈比喻〉保护物;[军]空中掩护幕;总括;
- 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;
- bedroom n.卧室,寝室;adj.<美>城郊住宅区的;两性关系的,男女性爱的;
- remedy n.治疗法;补救办法;纠正办法;(硬币的)公差;vt.改正,纠正,改进;补救;治疗;
- beginning n.开端;先兆;原始思想;初期;
- spaceship n.(尤指小说中的)宇宙飞船;
- cave n.山洞,洞穴;
- framework n.构架;框架;(体系的)结构;机构,组织;
- into prep.进入,到…里面;朝,向;撞上,碰上;到(一段时间的某一点);成为;关于,涉及;〈数〉除,乘;(穿)上,(换)上;(说服某人)去做……;(分)成,(撕)成;(撞)上,(碰)上;到达;adj.〈数〉(函数或映象)从一集到另一集的
- clever adj.聪明的;巧妙的;
- session n.会议;开庭;一段时间;学年;adj.伴奏的;