Repair
[rɪ'peə] or [rɪ'pɛr]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of putting something in working order again.
(noun.) a formal way of referring to the condition of something; 'the building was in good repair'.
(verb.) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; 'She repaired her TV set'; 'Repair my shoes please'.
(verb.) move, travel, or proceed toward some place; 'He repaired to his cabin in the woods'.
贾尔斯錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To return.
(v. i.) To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.
(n.) The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
(n.) Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.
(v. t.) To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.
(v. t.) To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
(n.) Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.
(n.) Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.
編輯:齐克
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Mend, refit, retouch, vamp, tinker, piece, patch, touch up, vamp up, patch up.[2]. Retrieve, restore, make good.[3]. Redress, atone for, make amends for.
n. Restoration, reparation, renewal, refitting, mending.
杰米整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Restore, recover, mend, retrieve, relit
ANT:Impair, waste, wear, deteriorate, injure
整理:默尔
解釋/意思:
v.t. to restore after injury: to make amends for: to make good as a loss: to mend: (Spens.) to recover into position as a weapon.—n. restoration after injury or decay: supply of loss.—ns. Repair′er one who restores or amends; Repair′ment; Reparabil′ity.—adj. Rep′arable that may be repaired.—adv. Rep′arably.—n. Reparā′tion repair: supply of what is wasted: amends.—adj. Repar′ative amending defect or injury.—n. that which restores to a good state: that which makes amends.
v.i. to betake one's self to: to go: to resort.—n. a retreat or abode.
校對:克劳斯
例句/造句/用法:
- The table was of the usual European style --cushions dead and twice as high as the balls; the cues in bad repair. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- They have been looking at the house in St. Peter's Place, next to Mr. Hackbutt's; it belongs to him, and he is putting it nicely in repair. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- We go forward prepared to repair it after we have stormed the pass. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Each has done his duty, and now, Kantos Kan, may we not repair at once to Hastor and get under way before to-morrow's sun? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The place looked in too perfect repair to be so ancient. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Now, jump in, and let us see if I can repair the consequences of my own blunder. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Troops had been sent north by Halleck along the line of the Mobile and Ohio railroad to put it in repair as far as Columbus. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- By the way, there does not seem to be any very pressing need for repairs at that end wall. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Mr. Rouncewell is not in the library, but she repairs to the library. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The railroads and canal should be destroyed beyond possibility of repairs for weeks. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But if the atmosphere is dangerous for men in the pit at the time, it is equally dangerous for others to go down and effect repairs or render first aid. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The earth is more than a mechanism, it is an organism that repairs and restores itself in perpetuity. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I must look into that: it would cheapen the repairs. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- A story was told of a professor of a theological seminary who was one day on his way to a jeweler’s store, carrying in his arms the family clock, which was in need of repairs. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Doctor Slammer and his friends repaired to the barracks, and Mr. Winkle, accompanied by Mr. Snodgrass, returned to their inn. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Then it happened that in 1764 a small Newcomen engine that belonged to the University of Glasgow was given to James Watt, an instrument-maker at the university, to be repaired. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- But in Spain it is done too lightly and often without true necessity and there is much quick injustice which, afterward, can never be repaired. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Mr. Pickwick took up his hat, and repaired to the Peacock, but Mr. Winkle had conveyed the intelligence of the fancy-ball there, before him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Not before, so it can be repaired if the attack is postponed. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Arthur made no remark upon it, and repaired to his mother's room, where Mr Casby and Flora had been taking tea, anchovy paste, and hot buttered toast. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- From that point the railroad had been repaired up to Knoxville and out east to Strawberry Plains. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But, like ourselves, the rebels had become experts in repairing such damage. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I now ordered him to discontinue his work of repairing roads and to move on with his whole force to Stevenson, Alabama, without delay. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn, in repairing to his cellar and in opening and shutting those resounding doors, has to cross a little prison-like yard. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Nothing more being said of repairing to Riah's, they went direct to Lizzie's lodging. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I observed, with pleasure, that he did not go to the forest that day, but spent it in repairing the cottage, and cultivating the garden. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- We lost no time in repairing to this place, which was within a few hundred yards; and as the door stood ajar, I pushed it open. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- There was delay therefore in repairing the road back, and in gathering and forwarding supplies to the front. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
整理:希欧多尔