修理,修补( mend的第三人称单数 );改[纠]正;改善[进];恢复;

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。
这些动词都含“修理、修复”之意。
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。
You'll mend. The X-rays show that your arm will heal all right
你会康复的。X光照片显示你的胳膊能够较好地复原。
来源:柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典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讨修复两国关系的途径。
来源:柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典B . Mends toolings to meet the process requirements, to yield conformance products continuously.
设备工装的改进以满足生产工艺的要求, 以产出合格的产品.
来源:互联网摘选The names of two of my Mends were included among those listed as missing.
我两个朋友的名字被列入那些失踪人员的名单.
来源:互联网摘选The woman asked if he could perhaps mend her fences, and so he stayed
女人问他能否给她修一修篱笆,于是他留了下来。
来源:柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典He must have a major operation on his knee to mend severed ligaments.
为了让他断裂的韧带愈合,他的膝盖必须动一次大手术。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》He has promised drastic disciplinary action if they do not mend their ways.
如果他们不改邪归正的话,他保证一定严惩不贷。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
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