Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #2940
repair
修理；修复；补救
To restore something damaged to good condition; to fix or mend.
- 1.
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
恢复良好工作状态,修理或改善损坏状况；修补；补救
- 2.
To transfer oneself to another place.
转移到另一个地方
- 3.
To pair again.
重新配对
- 4.
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
为伤害作出补偿；赔偿
补偿；弥补；赔偿；前往；去；重新配对；恢复良好工作状态,修理或改善损坏状况；修补；补救；转移到另一个地方
In use
He repaired his bicycle by replacing the broken chain.
The mechanic is repairing the car's engine right now.
She learned how to repair a smartphone from online tutorials.
Verb forms
base repair · third person repairs · -ing repairing · past repaired · past participle repaired
常用作及物动词
Connections
Collocations
- repair the damage
- 修复损坏；弥补损失
- It could take months to repair the damage.可能需要几个月才能修复损坏。
- repair a relationship
- 修复关系
- They are trying to repair their relationship after the quarrel.吵架后，他们正努力修复关系。
- repair a car
- 修理汽车
- My uncle repaired his car in the garage.我叔叔在车库里修理他的汽车。
- repair a roof
- 修理屋顶
- The storm damaged the house, so we had to repair the roof.暴风雨损坏了房子，所以我们不得不修理屋顶。
- repair a leak
- 修补漏水处
- The plumber was called to repair the leak in the kitchen.水管工被叫来修理厨房里的漏水处。
- repair one's reputation
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：repair（修理）像 re + pair，把坏掉的东西重新配（pair）好，恢复成完好的状态。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常维修、设备故障处理、技术文档 在表示“修理、修复”时，repair 通常为中性词，日常交流和较正式的技术、书面语境中都较常见；多用于物品、设备或设施的损坏修复，语气比 fix 稍正式。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接名词或代词
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words end in -air and rhyme with repair /rɪˈpeə(r)/ (BrE) or /rɪˈper/ (AmE): they share the final /eə(r)/ or /er/ sound. Beware lookalikes that sound different: 'appear' /əˈpɪə(r)/ ends in -ear and does not rhyme with repair.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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