Modify



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• v. 修改, 变更
• ［英］ v. 修改, 变更 ( alter partially; amend)
• ［记］ mod ( =mode方式, 时髦) +ify -> 使改变方式 -> 修改
• ［同］ 派生词: modification ( n. 修改, 修饰)
• ［例］ The bus route was modified to provide service to the mall.

Webster Collegiate

verb (-fied; -fying)

• Etymology: Middle English modifien, from Anglo-French modifier, from Latin modificare to measure, moderate, from modus
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make less extreme ; moderate
  • 2.
    • a. to limit or restrict the meaning of especially in a grammatical construction
    • b. to change (a vowel) by umlaut
  • 3.
    • a. to make minor changes in
    • b. to make basic or fundamental changes in often to give a new orientation to or to serve a new end <the wing of a bird is an arm modified for flying>
• intransitive verb
  • to undergo change
• Synonyms: see change
• ? modifiability noun
• ? modifiable adjective

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