mending 音标拼音: [m'ɛndɪŋ]
n . 修补工作
修补工作
mending n 1 :
garments that must be repaired 2 :
the act of putting something in working order again [
synonym :
{
repair }, {
fix }, {
fixing }, {
fixture }, {
mend }, {
mending },
{
reparation }]
Mend \
Mend \ (
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t . [
imp . &
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p . {
Mended };
p .
pr . &
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n . {
Mending }.] [
Abbrev .
fr .
amend .
See {
Amend }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
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 .
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2 .
To alter for the better ;
to set right ;
to reform ;
hence ,
to quicken ;
as ,
to mend one '
s manners or pace .
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The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it . --
Sir W .
Temple .
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3 .
To help ,
to advance ,
to further ;
to add to .
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Though in some lands the grass is but short ,
yet it mends garden herbs and fruit . --
Mortimer .
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You mend the jewel by the wearing it . --
Shak .
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Syn :
To improve ;
help ;
better ;
emend ;
amend ;
correct ;
rectify ;
reform .
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mending ":
Great Leap Forward ,
advance ,
advancement ,
advancing ,
amelioration ,
ameliorative ,
amendment ,
amends ,
ascent ,
bettering ,
betterment ,
boost ,
compensation ,
correction ,
enhancement ,
enrichment ,
eugenics ,
euthenics ,
fixing ,
furtherance ,
headway ,
improvement ,
improving ,
lift ,
looking up ,
making right ,
melioration ,
meliorative ,
mend ,
on the lift ,
on the mend ,
ongoing ,
overhaul ,
overhauling ,
pickup ,
preferment ,
progress ,
progressing ,
progression ,
progressive ,
promotion ,
recompense ,
recovery ,
rectification ,
redress ,
remedy ,
repair ,
repairing ,
reparation ,
restoration ,
revival ,
rise ,
satisfaction ,
troubleshooting ,
upbeat ,
uplift ,
upping ,
upswing ,
uptrend ,
upward mobility
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