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VERB
修理;修補
If you mend something that is broken or not working, you repair it, so that it works properly or can be used.
例句
They took a long time to mend the roof...
他們花了很長時間修繕屋頂。
Somebody else lent me a pump and helped me mend the puncture...
別人借給我一個打氣筒，又幫我補好了輪胎。
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V-ERG
(使)康復;(使)痊愈;(使)愈合
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.
例句
You'll mend. The X-rays show that your arm will heal all right...
你會康復的。X光照片顯示你的胳膊能夠較好地復原。
I'm feeling a good bit better. The cut aches, but it's mending...
我感覺好多了。傷口很疼，但是正在愈合。
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VERB
彌合(分歧);解決(爭端)
If you try to mend divisions between people, you try to end the disagreements or quarrels between them.
例句
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討修復兩國關系的途徑。
I felt that might well mend the rift between them.
我覺得那樣做也許可以讓他們冰釋前嫌。
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PHRASE
(關系)正在改善;(形勢)正在好轉
If a relationship or situation is on the mend after a difficult or unsuccessful period, it is improving.
例句
More evidence that the economy was on the mend was needed.
需要更多證據來證明經濟正在好轉。
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PHRASE
(病人)正在恢復之中，正在逐漸好起來
If you are on the mend after an illness or injury, you are recovering from it.
例句
The baby had been poorly but seemed on the mend.
寶寶生病了，但似乎正在好起來。
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PHRASE
改過自新;改邪歸正
If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well.
例句
He has promised drastic disciplinary action if they do not mend their ways.
如果他們不改邪歸正的話，他保證一定嚴懲不貸。