amend

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vt. 修改, 改善, 改良 vi. 改过自新

发音

UK /əˈmɛnd/
其它
US /əˈmɛnd/

词形变化

amends 复数 amends amended amendedst amendeth amending amends 三单 amending 现在分词 amended 过去式 amended 过去分词 amendest amendedst 过去式 amendeth 三单 amended 复数

别名

ammend

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act of righting a wrong; compensation.

  2. 2.

    Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).

    非正式

    I've sent over a new version of the doc with some amends.

v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To make better; improve.

    修正

    修改

    改正

    及物
  2. 2.

    To become better.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).

    废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).

    不及物 废旧
  5. 5.

    To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

    及物

    1990, Doug Hoyle, Hansard, Trade Union Act, 1984, Amendment no. 2, 4 July, 1990, It is necessary to amend the Act to preserve the spirit in which it was first passed into law […]

词汇关系

动词

同义词 8

better repair improve remedy rectify ameliorate meliorate remediate

上位词 7

right change correct alter modify revise rectify

下位词 10

down help doctor perfect fix build raise condition lift advance

近义相关 4

better improve ameliorate meliorate

词源

From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend. Doublet of emend.

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