英[mend]美[mend]
记忆方法
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。
verb(动词)noun(名词)
双解例句
verb(动词)noun(名词)
小知识
When you mend something, you fix it or make it better. If you can mend your broken lamp, then it will shine again. If not you'll have to sit in the dark.
The word mend was originally used as a religious term, meaning to free a person from sin, usually through repentance and good deeds. Mend has come to refer to fixing something that is broken. A mechanic might mend a broken car, or a seamstress might mend a torn dress. The word also frequently relates health and healing. Someone recovering from a long bout of the flu is said to be “on the mend.” But as the song goes, “How can you mend a broken heart?”
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
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。
词语辨析
以下这些动词均包含修理,修复的意思
mend:通常指较简单的修复过程,一般不需要专门技术或特殊工具。
repair可与mend换用,但一般指需要较高的职业技能和使用较复杂的工具进行修理。
patch:通常指用类似材料修补破洞、裂缝或磨损的地方。
fix:多用于美语,仅用于指带有安装固定性质的修理。
mend:通常指较简单的修复过程,一般不需要专门技术或特殊工具。
repair可与mend换用,但一般指需要较高的职业技能和使用较复杂的工具进行修理。
patch:通常指用类似材料修补破洞、裂缝或磨损的地方。
fix:多用于美语,仅用于指带有安装固定性质的修理。
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
mend one's fences 修补篱笆;争取重新建立好关系