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