patch up

基本解释

[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 pictured my father struggling to patch up my broken heart with a pen, and his closing words slipped like minnows through my tears.
我可以想象父亲正在用他的笔，努力来修补我那破碎的心。他最后的话像小鱼那样悄悄溜过我的眼泪。
But American scientists are now playing from behind trying to replace or patch up the infrastructure that lets us understand what’s going on with our planet.
不过，美国科学家目前正在尝试从背后更换或修补基础设施，让我们了解我们的星球上正发生着什么。

Then it's very clear the way you patch it up is you multiply it by this constant and now we're all set.
很明显,弥补的方法就是,乘以这个常数就全部搞定了
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Politicians and diplomats on both sides are now seeking to patch up the relationship.
ECONOMIST: Argentina and Uruguay
Surely it was time to meet and patch up the wounds they had inflicted upon each other.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Meet You In Hell'
The consortium has committed to help relocate the displaced and patch up any damage to the environment.
ECONOMIST: Energy in Brazil

If you patch up an argument or relationship, you try to be friendly again and not to argue anymore.
If you patch up something that is damaged, you repair it or patch it.
If doctors patch someone up or patch their wounds up, they treat their injuries.