[mass noun]the action of modifying something 修改,更改;改型,改装;改变 the parts supplied should fit with little or no modification. 所提供部件应当无需多少修改就可相配。 ■[count noun]a change made 修改,改型,改变 a number of modifications are being carried out to the engines. 对这些引擎进行了多次改装。
语源
late 15th cent. (in Scots law, denoting the assessment of a payment): from French, or from Latin modificatio(n-), from modificare (see modify)