" 'The last thing to mend, '" Harry repeated.

“什么东西总是缝缝补补，”哈利重复道。

I don't like to sew with thread that tangles easily.

我不喜欢用线缝补，它容易缠结。

The fingers brought the needle to the cook's shoes.

手指带着针缝补厨师的鞋子。

His shoes were worn-out, and they needed to be sewed.

鞋已经很破旧了，需要缝补。

She'll wear herself out nursing and sewing.

她整天护理伤员，缝缝补补，会把自己累垮的。

While he darned the stocking his face became rigid with thought.

他缝补着袜子，陷入沉思，整张脸变得毫无表情。

She's just a housemaid that fastens hooks and buttons when she has to.

就是打杂的。唤，缝缝补补罢了。

Seated by the window was Nancy, repairing Sikes' old jacket.

南希坐在窗户旁边，手里缝补着赛克斯的件旧外衣。

I offered to do any kind of work, teaching, sewing, cleaning, so that I could become independent again.

我提出什么事我都愿做，教书、缝补、清洗，只要能再次独立。

Mrs. Stroeve sewed, and I thought I recognised the shirt she was mending as Strickland's.

施特略夫太太在缝补什么；她缝的东西我是认得的，那是思特里克兰德的件衬衣。

Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, The middle of middle and end of the end?

再告诉我什么东西总是缝缝补补，中间的中间，尾部的尾部？

It was a warm morning and Melanie sat on the vine-shaded porch, her mending basket piled high with socks.

那是温暖的早晨，媚兰坐在葡萄藤遮荫的走廊上，身边的缝补篮里堆满了袜子。

This was a very solitary job, and she was hidden in a backroom working long hours mending and assembling garments.

这是项非常孤独的工作，她要在间后屋里长时间地缝补、缝制衣服。

Then tea must be got, errands done, and one or two necessary bits of sewing neglected until the last minute.

要弄茶，要跑几趟腿，还要作点到最后才想起来的必要的缝补。

Because of her poverty, she did some darning in the evening against a rainy day.

因为贫困，她在夜里做些缝补以未雨绸缪。

I had time to mend all of Rodney's old sweaters.

我闲下来把罗德尼的旧毛衣都给缝补了。

If she wanted to earn a little money, she could mend and sew.

如果她想赚点钱， 她可以缝补和缝纫。

I wouldn’t have the patience to sit sewing all day.

【patience】我可没有耐心整天坐着缝缝补补。

She smoked and drank, neglected the children, and left the clothes unmended.

【neglect】她抽烟喝酒，既不照顾孩子，也不缝补衣服。

She's not a lady's maid. She's just a housemaid that fastens hooks and buttons when she has to.

又不是贴身女仆 就是打杂的唤 缝缝补补罢了。