名詞 mending:

1. garments that must be repaired
2. the act of putting something in working order again
   同義詞：repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, reparation

動詞 mend:

1. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
   同義詞：repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
2. heal or recover
   同義詞：mend, heal

1. He had three tries at mending the lock and gave up.
   他把那個鎖試著修了三次以後，放棄不修了。
2. There's no sign of him mending his ways.
   看不出他有改進(jìn)生活方式的跡象。
3. You're only laying up trouble (for yourself) by not mending that roof now.
   你不趁現(xiàn)在修理房頂將來給自己找麻煩。
4. How much do you charge for mending shoes?
   修鞋要多少錢?
5. Mending the car became something of an epic.
   修理汽車竟然也算是了不起的事。
6. I'll have a go at mending your bike today.
   我今天修修你的自行車。
7. They gave me a quotation for mending the roof.
   他們給了我修理屋頂?shù)膱?bào)價(jià)單。
8. He is mending the wire mesh in front of the chicken coop.
   他正在雞籠前面修理鐵絲網(wǎng)。

mend.ing

n.（名詞）
Clothes and other articles that must be repaired:
修理的東西：需修補(bǔ)的衣服和其他物品：
例句：
We let the mending accumulate until Wednesday.
我們讓需縫補(bǔ)的衣服一直積存到星期三