modify

英 ['mɒdɪfaɪ] 美 ['mɑːdɪfaɪ]

• 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

modify的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

详尽释义

v. (动词)

1. 缓和，减轻
2. 修改，变更，更改，稍作修改
3. 调节，调整
4. 【语法】修饰
5. 使更适合
6. 使温和
7. 限制
8. 【哲】规定
9. 【语音学】改变（母音），使（元音）变音
10. 改变，改进，改善，改造
11. 减退
12. 被改变
13. 被修饰
14. 被减轻

双解释义

v. (动词)

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

英英释义

Verb:

1. make less severe or harsh or extreme;

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

2. add a modifier to a constituent

3. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation;

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

modify的用法和样例：

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. We have to modify our plan a little bit.
   我们得对我们的计划稍加修改。
2. The policy was agreed by the committee, but only in a modified form.
   那项政策经修改后才获得委员会同意。
3. The union has been forced to slightly modify its position.
   工会被迫稍稍改变立场。
4. He'll have to modify his views if he wants to be elected.
   他要想当选就得把观点改得缓和些。
5. Adverbs modify verbs and adjectives.
   副词修饰动词和形容词。

词汇搭配

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

经典引文

• 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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近反义词

【近义词】

• adjust
• alter
• change
• reduce
• tone down