Mend

[mend] or [mɛnd]

解释:

(noun.) sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); 'her stockings had several mends'.

(verb.) heal or recover; 'My broken leg is mending'.

达琳录入--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.

(v. t.) To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

(v. t.) To help, to advance, to further; to add to.

(v. i.) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

编辑:珀尔

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Repair, refit, retouch, patch up, touch up.[2]. Improve, ameliorate, meliorate, correct, rectify, reform, amend, emend, make better.

v. n. Improve, amend, become better.

整理:帕斯夸里

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Repair, restore, correct, promote, improve, rectify, reform, amend, ameliorate,better

ANT:Damage, impair, pervert, retard, deteriorate, falsify, spoil, corrupt

整理:默娜

解释:

v.t. to remove a fault: to repair as something broken or worn: to make better: to correct improve.—v.i. to grow better.—ns. Mend′er one who mends; Mend′ing the act of repairing: things requiring to be mended.

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