modify

基本词汇

英 [ˈmɒdɪfaɪ]

美 [ˈmɑ:dɪfaɪ]

v.修改；更改；缓和；修饰

形容词: modifiable 名词: modifiability 过去式: modified 过去分词: modified 现在分词: modifying 第三人称单数: modifies

日语：修正する法语：modifier 德语：ändern 韩语：수정하다 俄语：modificar

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v.(动词)

缓和，减轻
修改，变更，更改，稍作修改
调节，调整
【语法】修饰
使更适合
使温和
限制
【哲】规定
【语音学】改变（母音），使（元音）变音
改变，改进，改善，改造
减退
被改变
被修饰
被减轻

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. 修改,更改 change (a plan, an opinion , a condition, or the form or quality of sth), especially slightly
vt. 修饰,限定 describe or limit the meaning of

modify

verb

1. cause to change
make different
cause a transformation

e.g. The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue

Synonym: changealter

2. make less severe or harsh or extreme

e.g. please modify this letter to make it more polite
he modified his views on same-gender marriage

3. add a modifier to a constituent

Synonym: qualify

1. 修改;变更;改进
If you modify something, you change it slightly, usually in order to improve it.

e.g. The club members did agree to modify their recruitment policy...
俱乐部成员的确同意修改吸纳新成员的政策。
e.g. The plane was a modified version of the C-130.
这种飞机是C-130的改进机型。

modification
Relatively minor modifications were required.
只需稍作改动。
...behaviour modification techniques.
行为矫正方法

2. 修饰;限定
A word or group of words that modifies another word describes or classifies something, or restricts the meaning of the word.

e.g. It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify: we say 'a good cry', not 'a cry good'.
英语规定形容词通常放在其修饰的名词前：我们说 a good cry，不说 a cry good。

1. 命令：所以只能2 关于创建三维体(geometry)的设置目标平行灯(Target Direc ---- E) 还有自由点注: 上面的字母对应键盘上的按键,分别控制物理灯中的目标点光源(Target Spot -- A) , 太阳光(IES Sun -- S) 和1 二维(shapes)部分2 三维(geometry)部分3 修改命令(modify)部分导出(expo

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用作动词(v.)

The industrial revolution modified the whole structure of English society.
工业革命改变了整个英国社会的结构。
You'd better modify your tone.
你最好缓和一下你的口气。
He will have to modify his views if he wants to be elected.
他如果想当选,就得把观点变得温和些。
In “the black cat”the adjective “black” modifies the noun “cat”.
在“the black cat”这一词组中,形容词“black”修饰名词“cat”。

Those designs must be modified if they are to be used.
如果他们要用的话,这些设计一定要改动。

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

modify a contract修改合同
modify one's tone缓和口气,改变腔调
modify the structure改变结构
modify the terms修改条款

～+副词

modify drastically大幅度修改
modify partially部分修改

There is generally a light breeze to modify the heat.
出自：J. Lang
The agents which are now at work in modifying the crust of the earth.
出自：T. H. Huxley
Freddie..did in fact modify her behaviour.
出自：P. Fitzgerald
The company has concentrated on modifying cars developed by Renault for the American market.
出自：New York Times
One of our tested sets..can be modified to run off a..battery.
出自：Which?

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v.(动词)

modify的基本意思是“改变,修改,调整”,强调在一定限度或范围内部分地改变,多用于观点、方法、制度、组织、计划等。
modify引申可表示“修饰”“限定”,尤指形容词或副词修饰另一词或限定另一词的意义。

v.(动词)

modify, alter, become, change, convert, turn, vary: 这组词的共同意思是“改变”“变化”。change和alter有时可以互换。例如:
Whatever we do, we can't change〔alter〕 the facts.不管我们做什么,我们总不能改变事实。
He has changed〔altered〕 a lot since I last saw him.自从上次见面到现在,他变了很多。
The weather changes〔alters〕 almost daily.天气差不多天天在变。
其区别是：
1.change在这几个词中是最普遍、最不正式的一个,可用于任何变化的过程,而不论变化的性质和程度; alter指局部的、表面的、轻微的“改变”“改动”,修改后仍基本上保持原状; alter和convert都指形式和用途上的局部微小改变; turn指彻底改变,以至面目全非,且常用于朝坏的方向改变; modify指限定在一定范围内的修改或修饰,以使之更完美; vary则指事物或其一部分暂时地或反复地变化,从而使事物各部分呈现不同外貌和特点。例如:
When matter changes to a substance different from what it was, the change is a chemical change.当物质变成和原来不同的物质时,这种变化是化学变化。
The plan is O.K. at large, but I suggest it be altered.该计划总的来说是可以的,但我建议做进一步修改。
Pressure varies directly with temperature and inversely with volume.压力随温度成正比例变化,与容积成反比例变化。
All the bank bill was converted into cash.所有的银行票据都兑换成了现金。
Those who were once for him have turned against him.那些原来支持他的人现在转而反对他。
The newspaper turned against the president.该报转而攻击总统。
After he left the university, he became a teacher, but he later turned to translation.他大学毕业后当了教师,但后来转向翻译工作。
2.convert可指改变信仰,尤其是宗教信仰; modify指态度变温和。例如:
He has converted from Buddhism to Catholicism.他已放弃佛教改信天主教了。
You'd better modify your tone.你最好缓和一下你的口气。
He will have to modify his views if he wants to be elected.他如果想当选,就得把观点变得明朗些。

☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的modifier；最初源自古典拉丁语的modificare，意为限制，抑制。

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