amend

英[ə'mend] 美[ə'mend]
  • vt. 修正;改进
amended amended amending amends
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  • ameba n.阿米巴;变形虫=amoeba.
    n. (名词)
    1. 校订
    v. (动词)
    1. 改过自新
    2. 改善
    3. 修正
    4. 修订
    5. 订正
    6. 改正
    7. 改良
    8. 改过
    9. 改变
    10. 修改
    11. 更改
    12. 补救
    13. 改好
    14. 矫正
    15. 校勘
    16. 改进
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. & vi. 修改,修订; 改良 make or become better; make or become free from faults

英英释义

Verb:
  1. make amendments to;

    "amend the document"

  2. to make better;

    "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

  3. set straight or right;

    "remedy these deficiencies"
    "rectify the inequities in salaries"
    "repair an oversight"

1. The president agreed to amend the constitution and allow multi-party elections.
总统同意修订宪法,允许多党选举。

来自柯林斯例句

2. We would rather withdraw the draft resolution than amend it.
与其修改决议草案,不如予以撤回.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. The teacher advised him to amend his way of living.
老师劝他改变生活方式.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. You must amend your pronunciation.
你必须改正你的发音.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. To forestall is better than to amend.
与其补救于已然,不如防范于未然.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. They decided to amend the bill.
      他们决定修正这条议案。
    2. Please amend your copy of the contract accordingly.
      请将你的合同文本作相应的修正。
    3. Since you insist, I must amend the letter of credit.
      既然你坚持,我就只好修改信用证。
    4. I would advise you to amend your manners.
      我劝你改正你的态度
    5. The judge suggested him to amend his way of living.
      法官劝告他改变生活方式。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+~(+A)
    1. The thief has amended.
      这小偷改过自新了。
    用作及物动词 S+~+ n./pron.
    1. He amended his speech by making some additions and deletions.
      他对讲稿作了些增删修改。
    2. They all participated in amending the text.
      他们全都参加了修改文件的工作。
    3. You must amend your pronunciation.
      你必须改正你的发音。
    4. A law amending the Chilean constitution was approved on 22nd January.
      修订智利宪法的法律于1月22日获得批准。
    5. MPs were urged to amend the law to prevent another oil tanker disaster.
      下院议员被强烈要求修改法律,以避免另一场油轮灾难。
    6. I advised him to amend his poor table manners.
      我劝他改一改他那难看的吃相。
    7. It's time you amended your ways.
      是你改过自新的时候了。
    8. Try to amend your ways.
      要设法改正你的行为。
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    10. The regulations are amended.
      这些规则被修正了。
    11. Until the constitution is amended, the power to appoint ministers will remain with the president.
      在修正宪法之前,任命部长的权力仍属于总统。
    12. In line 20 “men” should be amended to “people”.
      在第20行,men应改为people。
    13. The country's constitution will have to be amended to allow its troops to take part in United Nations peacekeeping operations.
      这个国家的宪法将不得不作修改,以允许其军队参加联合国维持和平行动。
    其他 v -ed as Attrib.
    1. He asked to see the amended version.
      他要求看修订本。
v. (动词)
  1. amend的基本意思是“修改,修订”,指对文件、建议、法律等进行略微改进或稍微改动,也可指为使某人或某事物变得更好而“改过”“改善”“改良”。
  1. #ref;emend
v. (动词)
amend, emend
  • 这两个词读音相近,均含有“修订”的意思。其区别在于:amend主要指对语言通过增、删、改的方法进行修改;而emend则指以找出文稿中错误为目的的“校订”。
  • amend, fix, mend, patch, repair
  • 这五个词都可表示“修理”“修补”。其区别是:
  • 1.fix是口语用词。
  • 2.repair是一般用词,凡是损坏、损伤、故障,尤其是收音机、手表、汽车、炉子等这类的机械装置需要“修理”“维修”时用repair。例如:
  • We have repaired the motor.我们已经修好了电动机。
  • Xiao Wang is repairing desks and chairs in the classroom.小王正在教室里修理桌椅。
  • The puncture has been repaired.那个洞被补上了。
  • The house must be repaired from top to bottom.这所房子必须彻底进行修理。
  • 3.mend多指修补磨损、穿破、撕毁的简单日常用品,也可用于比喻,指改进行为、修改法律、治愈感情创伤等。例如:
  • Let me mend the socks for you.让我来给你补袜子。
  • The child will soon mend if she has enough to eat.这孩子如果有足够的东西吃就会很快恢复健康。
  • The relations between John and David are mending.约翰与戴维的关系在改善。
  • It is never too late to mend.改过不嫌晚。
  • It is not too late to mend the fold even after some of the sheep have been lost.亡羊补牢,犹未为晚。
  • 4.amend是正式用语,含有改造人或法规的缺陷与不足之意。例如:
  • You must amend your pronunciation.你必须改正你的发音。
  • The thief has amended.这小偷改过自新了。
  • It's time you amended your ways.是你改过自新的时候了。
  • The regulations are amended.这些规则被修正了。
  • 5.patch指用一块材料把有洞的地方、有裂痕的地方、被穿破的地方贴起来。例如:
  • The workman patched the ceiling.工人修补了天花板。
  • This piece of material is just right to patch the roof.这块材料正好可用来补屋顶。
  • He patched all the fences near the house.他把靠近房子的围墙全都修了。
  • correct,rectify,remedy,revise,amend
  • 这些动词均含“纠正,改正”之意。
  • correct指纠正或改正不正确、不真实或有缺点的东西。
  • rectify正式用词,意义较抽象,侧重指彻底改正偏离正确标准或规则的东西。
  • remedy正式用词,通常指在局部范围内进行纠正,尤指对困难或棘手问题的解决。
  • revise指通过仔细阅读、反复思考后而进行改正、订正或修订,使趋于完善。
  • amend书面语用词。指进行更正或改变,使之更好,符合更高的要求。
  • 词源解说

    • ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语,直接源自古法语的amender,意为修正,改进。
    用作动词 (v.)
    ~+名词