vt.

1. 修理，修補；縫補
   He asked her to mend his socks.

   他叫她替他補襪子。

2. 改善，改良；糾正，改正
   He pledged that he would mend his ways.

   他保證他將改過自新。

3. 使癒合；使恢復健康

vi.

1. 漸癒；好轉
   The child is mending nicely.

   這孩子的病情在很快好轉。

2. 改過；改善
   It is never too late to mend.

   改過不嫌晚。

n.

1. 修繕部位[C]
   The mend in your dress scarcely shows.

   你衣服上補過的地方幾乎看不出來。

   The coat has a mend on the elbow.

   這件外套的肘部補過。

2. 好轉；痊癒[the S]
   The economy is on the mend.

   經濟情況正在好轉。

   His health is on the mend.

   他的健康正在好轉中。

v.

1. restore to a sound condition.
   ▸return to health.
2. improve:
   mend your ways.
3. add fuel to (a fire).

n.