modify

动词 v.
/ˈmɒd.ɪ.faɪ/    /ˈmɑ.dɪˌfaɪ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To change part of. transitive
    — Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.
  2. To be or become modified. intransitive
  3. To set bounds to; to moderate. transitive
  4. To qualify the meaning of. transitive
    — There is inherently no ordering to the modification and no hierarchy of modification: that is, both adjectives modify the substantive and both apply equally to the substantive[…]

词形变化

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词源

From Middle English modifien, from Middle French modifier, from Latin modificare (“to limit, control, regulate, deponent”), from modificari (“to measure off, set bound to, moderate”), from modus (“measure”) + facere (“to make”); see mode.
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