patch up

英 [pætʃ ʌp]

美 [pætʃ ʌp]

平息（争吵）; 修补（关系）; 修理; 修补; 为…处理伤口; 包扎，处理（伤口）

柯林斯词典

• PHR-V-RECIP 平息（争吵）；修补（关系）
  If youpatch upa quarrel or relationship, you try to be friendly again and not to quarrel any more.
  1. She has gone on holiday with her husband to try to patch up their marriage...
     她和她丈夫一起去度假了，以期弥合他们婚姻的裂隙。
  2. He has now patched up his differences with the Minister...
     现在他弥合了自己和部长的分歧。
  3. France patched things up with New Zealand...
     法国和新西兰重修旧好。
  4. They managed to patch it up.
     他们终于和好了。
• PHRASAL VERB 修理；修补
  If youpatch upsomething which is damaged, you mend it or patch it.
  1. We can patch up those holes...
     我们可以修补这些破洞。
  2. He did not have enough money to have the tire patched up, let alone buy a new one.
     他的钱还不够补这个轮胎，更别提买个新的了。
• PHRASAL VERB 为…处理伤口；包扎，处理（伤口）
  If doctorspatchsomeoneuporpatchtheir woundsup, they treat their injuries.
  1. ...the medical staff who patched her up after the accident...
     事故发生后为她包扎伤口的医护人员
  2. Emergency surgery patched up his face.
     急诊手术对他的脸进行了处理。
• PHRASAL VERB 艰难达成（协议等）
  If people or countriespatch upa deal, they manage to agree on it after difficult discussions.
  1. Trade ministers patched up a compromise.
     贸易部长们艰难地达成了妥协。

英英释义

verb

• mend by putting a patch on
  1. patch a hole
  Synonym:patch
• come to terms
  1. After some discussion we finally made up
  Synonym:reconcilemake upconciliatesettle

双语例句

• We decided to patch up our differences and become friends again.
  我们决定消除分歧，重归于好。
• France patched things up with New Zealand
  法国和新西兰重修旧好。
• Example: Jack and Jill decided it was time to patch up their relationship.
  例：Jack和Jill认为是时候该修补一下他们的关系了。
• But that makes it harder to patch up problems, explains William Wilmot, author of Relational Communication.
  但是，这使得它难以修补的问题，解释威廉威尔莫特，通讯作者的关系。
• A timely billet-doux can patch up a lovers'quarrel.
  一封适时的情书可以终止情侣间的争吵。
• He expected to find her, to justify his return by claiming that he came to get the remaining portion of his wardrobe, and before he got away again to patch up a peace.
  他期望见到她在家，他将声称他是回来拿留下的衣服的。然后在离开以前，他将设法和她言归于好。
• He did not have enough money to have the tire patched up, let alone buy a new one.
  他的钱还不够补这个轮胎，更别提买个新的了。
• [ After that earthquake] we just had to patch up the cracks the following day.
  我们只需在第二天修补一下裂缝就可以了。
• I think you ought to patch up the dispute.
  我认为你应该将这个争论和解。
• Emergency surgery patched up his face.
  急诊手术对他的脸进行了处理。