mended
past simple and past participle ofmend
| 单词 | mended |
| 释义 | mended past simple and past participle ofmend mend verb[T] uk/mend/us/mend/B1 torepairsomething that isbrokenordamaged: Could you mend thisholein myshirt? UKI'veleftmywatchat the jeweller's to be mended. UKTheplumbercame to mend theburstpipe. The country'spresidentisseekingto mendrelationswith theUnitedStates. to repair something
Correcting and mending
Idiomsmendyourfences mendyourways Examplesofmendedmended In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This led to much discussion about garments sewn andmendedin the past, embroidery and other sewing projects undertaken. From theCambridge English Corpus These faults can bemendedthrough the continuing development of teachers' skills and support of their needs. From theCambridge English Corpus Among many other things, they delivered babies and messages,mendedroads, and cleaned the church. From theCambridge English Corpus If we could look behind those carefullymendedcurtains we should see carpets faded and patched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is recom-mendedthat that provision should begin for couples with their first infant child and for infant children in large families. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think this is a case in which the least said the soonestmended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, these are matters where at present it may be a case of the least said, soonestmended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This means that he has to keep returning to hospital to get itmended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that he should have the right to go back to the sheriff and say that he hasmendedhis ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Now, the important thing is to forget this sorry episode as soon as possible—the least said, the soonestmended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Both those sections are numerically inferior to the great bulk of those people who wish to see thingsmendedin the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the councilmendedits ways subsequently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When he sends his car to bemendedand it comes back with a new engine is it the same car or a different car? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The less said about that the sooner it ismended; because the bottom fell out of that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I will say no more, for perhaps the least said the soonestmended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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