今天，我們來學習patch something up這個詞匯：To patch up means to restore a relationship damaged by a disagreement or dispute. To patch up是指“修復因分歧或爭執而受損的關系”，用中文簡短地說則是：和解，和好。

我們通過下面的例子來進一步理解它的意思和用法。

例句1：A: Janet and I aren't talking anymore. （我和Janet再也不說話了。）

B: Oh sweetie, that's too bad. I hope you two can patch things up. （喔，親愛的，那太糟糕了，我希望你們能和解。）
解析1 ：not...anymore的意思是“不再”，與not...any more的區別是修飾名詞作定語時，只能用anymore，不能用any more。例如：She is not anymore a nurse. （她不再是一個護士了。）I will not be able to take long vacation anymore . （我已經不能休長假了。）

解析2：“That's too bad. ”這個短句的意思是“太糟糕了！”

例句2：I tried to patch up my dispute with Marcy, but she isn't ready to forgive me. （我試圖與Marcy解決我和她的爭端，但是她不準備原諒我。）

解析：patch something up with的意思是“和某人解決某事”。

例句3：Peter and Marsha used to in love but then they had a big fight and haven't speak in months. Well, today, they finally patch things up。

Peter和Marsha曾經非常相愛，但是后來大干了一架，數月來不說話了。不過，今天他們終于和解了。

解析1：used to do something是指過去常常做某事。例如：He used to be painfully shy, but now he's started to blossom out. （他以前極靦腆，現在活潑起來了。）I used to love to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. （我過去很喜歡去大都會美術館。）

解析2：have a fight可以表示“打架”，也可以表示“吵架”的意思。例如：Henry could not have had a fight with Bill, because he had never even met him. （因為亨利甚至沒有見過比爾，所以他不可能與比爾有什么沖突。）He had had a fight the night before at a high-school dance and he was sore all over and his hands were puffed. （前天晚上，他在一個中學舉辦的舞會上打了一架。現在渾身酸疼，手也腫了。）

解析3：in months的意思是“在幾個月里”。例如：She felt better now than she had felt in months. （此刻她覺得幾個月來從沒有這樣舒服過。） It was the first time in months that he had taken a good look at all that was left. （這是他幾個月以來首次仔細察看屋里還剩下什么東西。）