emendation

n. 修订, 修正, 校正

发音

其它 /ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃən/

词形变化

emendations 复数 emendations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.

    可数 不可数

    The book might be improved by judicious emendations.

  3. 3.

    An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.

    可数 不可数 生物 动物学

    The genus name Uramyia is an unjustified emendation of Uramya even though it uses a better transliteration of the Greek word μυῖα.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

correction rectification

词源

From Middle English emendatioun, from Latin ēmendātiō; equivalent to emend + -ation. Piecewise doublet of amendation.

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