mend /mend/ vt. 修理，修补：mend socks 补袜子；mend a road 修路；mend a fault 改正错误 Crying will not mend matters.［谚］哭于事无补。mend one’s ways 改邪归正，改进作风：He’s messy but has promised to try to mend his ways (= behave better).他脏乱的很，但已经允诺要改变不良行为。