modify

英 ['mɒdɪfaɪ] 美['mɑdɪfaɪ]
  • vt. 修改,修饰;更改
  • vi. 修改

词态变化


第三人称单数: modifies;过去式: modified;过去分词: modified;现在分词: modifying;

中文词源


modify 修改,调整

来自mode,模式,方式,尺度,-fy,使。即符合模式,使达到最新模式,引申词义修改,调整。

英文词源


modify
modify: see model
modify (v.)
late 14c., from Old French modifier (14c.), from Latin modificare "to limit, measure off, restrain," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Modified; modifying.

双语例句


1. Established practices are difficult to modify.
既定的惯例是很难更改的.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. You'd better modify your tone.
你最好说得婉转一点.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. The Modify > Make Live feature now works in shaded display mode.
Modify菜单下的MakeLive功能现在可以工作在实体模式中.

来自互联网

4. It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify.
形容词一般放在所修饰名词的前面是英语中的一条规律。

来自柯林斯例句

5. It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify: we say "a good cry", not "a cry good".
英语规定形容词通常放在其修饰的名词前:我们说agoodcry,不说acrygood。

来自柯林斯例句