今天，我们来学习patch something up这个词汇：To patch up means to restore a relationship damaged by a disagreement or dispute. To patch up是指“修复因分歧或争执而受损的关系”，用中文简短地说则是：和解，和好。

我们通过下面的例子来进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再也不说话了。）

B: Oh sweetie, that's too bad. I hope you two can patch things up. （喔，亲爱的，那太糟糕了，我希望你们能和解。）
解析1 ：not...anymore的意思是“不再”，与not...any more的区别是修饰名词作定语时，只能用anymore，不能用any more。例如：She is not anymore a nurse. （她不再是一个护士了。）I will not be able to take long vacation anymore . （我已经不能休长假了。）

解析2：“That's too bad. ”这个短句的意思是“太糟糕了！”

例句2：I tried to patch up my dispute with Marcy, but she isn't ready to forgive me. （我试图与Marcy解决我和她的争端，但是她不准备原谅我。）

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

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曾经非常相爱，但是后来大干了一架，数月来不说话了。不过，今天他们终于和解了。

解析1：used to do something是指过去常常做某事。例如：He used to be painfully shy, but now he's started to blossom out. （他以前极腼腆，现在活泼起来了。）I used to love to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. （我过去很喜欢去大都会美术馆。）

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. （因为亨利甚至没有见过比尔，所以他不可能与比尔有什么冲突。）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，他在一个中学举办的舞会上打了一架。现在浑身酸疼，手也肿了。）

解析3：in months的意思是“在几个月里”。例如：She felt better now than she had felt in months. （此刻她觉得几个月来从没有这样舒服过。） It was the first time in months that he had taken a good look at all that was left. （这是他几个月以来首次仔细察看屋里还剩下什么东西。）