2V-ERG (使)康複;(使)痊愈;(使)愈合 If a person or a part of their body mends or is mended, they get better after they have been ill or have had an injury. (使)康複;(使)痊愈;(使)愈合
You'll mend. The X-rays show that your arm will heal all right. [VERB]
你會康複的。X光照片顯示你的胳膊能夠較好地複原。
I'm feeling a good bit better. The cut aches, but it's mending. [VERB]
我感覺好多了。傷口很疼,但是正在愈合。
He must have a major operation on his knee to mend severed ligaments. [VERB noun]
4PHRASE (關系)正在改善;(形勢)正在好轉 If a relationship or situation is on the mend after a difficult or unsuccessful period, it is improving. (關系)正在改善;(形勢)正在好轉 [informal] [informal]
More evidence that the economy was on the mend was needed.
需要更多證據來證明經濟正在好轉。
5PHRASE (病人)正在恢複之中,正在逐漸好起來 If you are on the mend after an illness or injury, you are recovering from it. (病人)正在恢複之中,正在逐漸好起來
The baby had been poorly but seemed on the mend.
寶寶生病了,但似乎正在好起來。
6PHRASE 改過自新;改邪歸正 If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well. 改過自新;改邪歸正
He has promised drastic disciplinary action if they do not mend their ways.