1.repair的基本意思是“修理”,指将破损的东西通过一些加工处理后使其恢复原有的功能或价值。用于抽象事物还可指“纠正,补救”。
2.repair主要用作及物动词,后接名词或代词作宾语; 可用于被动结构。偶尔也可用作不及物动词,其主动形式常含有被动意义。
3.repair还表示“经常地或成群地去(某地)”解,是不及物动词,常与介词to连用,往往出现在文学语言或修饰语里。
4.repair有时可用以指妇女修饰自己的面容,作“打扮”解。

repair to(v.+prep.)
经常地〔成群地〕去(某地) go to a place often or in large numbers
〔说明〕 repair to通常不用于进行体,也不用于被动结构。
▲repair to sth
We all repaired to a restaurant and drank coffee together.我们大家都常去餐厅一起喝咖啡。
It was our custom after the play to repair to the local coffee house to argue about the quality of the performance.看完戏后,我们就到当地的咖啡馆去争论演出的成败,这已成为我们的习惯。

句型例句
用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
The shirt is so old, it won't repair.这件衬衫太旧了,无法再修补了。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
We have repaired the motor.我们已经修好了电动机。
He is repairing desks and chairs in the classroom.他正在教室里修理桌椅。
He is always ready to help others repair radios.他总是乐意帮助别人修理收音机。
I have been to ask him to repair my watch.我去让他给我修表了。
She was repairing a glove when I came in.我进去时,她在补手套。
The workers are repairing the roads.工人们在修路。
You need more nutrition to repair your health after the operation.开刀后,你需要更多的营养来恢复健康。
It will take a while to repair foreign confidence.要恢复外国人的信心需要时间。
The most important issue is to repair relations in the region.目前最重要的问题是如何修复这个地区的紧张关系。
The question is how to repair the error.问题是如何补救这一错误。
I immediately repaired my error in my speech.我立即纠正了我发言中的错误。
I'll try to repair the damage caused by the accident.我将努力弥补因事故而造成的损失。
Although his range of reading was wide, he could not in some respects repair the lack of early education.虽然他的阅读范围很广,但是在某些方面还不能弥补早年所受教育的不足。
She opened her handbag and began to repair her face.她打开手提袋开始化妆。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
When this building is repaired, it will be serviceable.这栋楼房修好后还可以住。
The house must be repaired from top to bottom.这栋房子必须彻底进行修缮。
These shoes have to be repaired.这些鞋得修了。
The puncture has been repaired.那个洞被补上了。

repair, amend, fix, mend, patch
参见fix条。
repair, maintain
参见maintain条。
下面三个句子的意思相同：
My watch wants repairs.
My watch wants repairing.
My watch wants to be repaired.
我的手表需要修理了。

1.repair用作名词的意思是“修理,修补”,表示抽象的“修理行为”时是不可数名词,表示具体的“维修工作”或“维修的地方”时是可数名词。
2.repair用作可数名词时常用复数形式,但不与数词或不定冠词a连用。

beyond repair
无法修补的; 无法恢复的 too badly broken to be mended
It was broken beyond repair.这已坏得没法修了。
Her health is beyond repair.她的健康无法恢复了。

in bad〔poor〕 (state of) repair
失修的,破损的 in bad condition
Some of the sheds were clearly in bad repair.有些货棚明显已年久失修。
The house is in bad repair.那房子维修不善。
The child's clothes were in poor repair.这孩子的衣服破烂不堪。
The school buildings are in bad state of repair.校舍亟待大修。

in good〔repair〕
维修良好; 处于完好状态 in good/bad condition
The house may be in good repair, but I couldn't look at it at that price.这栋房子也许维修良好,不过这样的价钱我是不能接受的。
It's endless work keeping the house in good repair.要使这栋房子一直处于良好状态,维修工作是做不完的。

in repair
保养完好的 keeping sth very well
The state keeps the roads in repair.该州的公路保养得很好。

make repairs
修理 mend
He made a few repairs to the stairs where some boards had come loose.他把楼梯上几块已松动的木板予以修理。
Repairs on the school building are made during the summer.暑期,校舍进行修理。

out of repair
失修,破损 without mending
The bulldozer is out of repair.这台推土机损坏得无法修理了。
The machine is out of repair.机器失修了。
The fortifications were out of repair.防御工事年久失修。

under repair
正在修理 being mended
The car is under repair.这辆汽车在修理中。
The bridge is under repair.桥正在修理。
I can't use my office at present, it is under repair.我目前不能使用我的办公室,它正在维修。

The house is in need of repair.那房子需要修理。
Repairs done while you wait.修理东西,立等可取。
This house needs a lot of repairs before anyone can live in it.此屋需大加修理方可住人。
The shop will be closed during repairs.内部整修,暂停营业。
The road has been closed off for repairs.这条公路因修筑路面禁止通行。
People without insurance had to pay for their own repairs.没参加保险的人得自己付修理费。
The repairs to the school will be financed by a private company.学校的修缮费将由一家私营公司提供。
He was an old hand at repair work.他在修理工作方面是个老手。
The repair is barely visible.修补处几乎看不出来。
This coat has many repairs.这件上衣有许多修补过的地方。

1.本店内部整修,暂停营业。
［误］  The shop is closed during repair.
［正］  The shop is closed during repairs.
［析］  during repairs表示“在维修期间”,其中repair表示“维修工作”,是可数名词,并常用复数形式。
2.这座古建筑正在修缮之中。
［误］  The ancient building is under repairs.
［正］  The ancient building is under repair.
［析］  under repair表示“在修理之中”,其中repair表示“修理”,是不可数名词,不能用复数形式。
3.尽管那座桥已用了50多年,但仍然维修良好。
［误］  Although the bridge has been used for more than fifty years, it is still in a good repair.
［正］  Although the bridge has been used for more than fifty years, it is still in good repair.
［析］  in good repair表示“维修良好”。在这个词组中, repair是不可数名词,表示“维修状况”,前面不能加a。
4.我们只好改道,因为前面正在修路。
［误］  We had to divert, because the road ahead was in repair.
［正］  We had to divert, because the road ahead was under repair.
［析］  in repair的意思是in good working condition(状况良好)。“正在被修理”应该是under repair,它相当于being repaired,介词under的意思是“在…中”“在…期间”。

［派生词］ repairable adj.可修理的；可恢复的‖repairer n.修理工
［同义词］ v.  fix, heal, mend, patch, recover, restore n.  adjustment, condition, form, improvement, patch, restoration
［词源］  ＜古法语reparer＜拉丁语reparare(再准备; 修复,修理)