modify
modify
(-ies, -ied)
modifiable
adjective
modificatory
adjective
语源
(-ies, -ied)
- [with obj.]make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme
修改，更改；改变
she may be prepared to modify her views.
她或许准备改变自己的观点。
[as adj. modified]a modified version of the aircraft.
该飞机的改进机型。
■(Biology)transform (a structure) from its original anatomical form during development or evolution
(生)使改形，使转化
■(Grammar)(especially of an adjective) restrict or add to the sense of (a noun)
(语法)（尤指形容词）修饰（名词）
the target noun is modified by a ‘direction’ word.
目标名词被一“方向”词修饰。
■(Phonetics)pronounce (a speech sound) in a way that is different from the norm for that sound
(语音)变（音）
modifiable
adjective
modificatory
adjective
语源
- late Middle English: from Old French modifier, from Latin modificare, from modus (see mode)
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