
amend基本信息
读法:英 [ə"mend] 美 [ə"mɛnd]
释义:
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英英释义
Verb:
"rectify the inequities in salaries"
"repair an oversight"
中英词源
amend 改善
前缀a-同ex-。词根mend,虚假,缺陷,见mendacious, 虚假的。单词mend, 修理,该词缩写。
- amend
- amend: see mend
- amend (v.)
- early 13c., "to free from faults, rectify," from Old French amender (12c.), from Latin emendare "to correct, free from fault," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + menda "fault, blemish," from PIE *mend- "physical defect, fault" (cognates: Sanskrit minda "physical blemish," Old Irish mennar "stain, blemish," Welsh mann "sign, mark").
Supplanted in senses of "repair, cure" by its shortened offspring mend (v.). Meaning "to add to legislation" (ostensibly to correct or improve it) is recorded from 1777. Related: Amended; amending.
词态变化
第三人称单数 amends;
过去式 amended;
过去分词 amended;
现在分词 amending;
权威造句
- 1. The president agreed to amend the constitution and allow multi-party elections.
- 总统同意修订宪法,允许多党选举。
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- 2. We would rather withdraw the draft resolution than amend it.
- 与其修改决议草案,不如予以撤回.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. The teacher advised him to amend his way of living.
- 老师劝他改变生活方式.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. You must amend your pronunciation.
- 你必须改正你的发音.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. To forestall is better than to amend.
- 与其补救于已然,不如防范于未然.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这些动词均含“纠正,改正”之意。correct指纠正或改正不正确、不真实或有缺点的东西。
rectify正式用词,意义较抽象,侧重指彻底改正偏离子正确标准或规则的东西。
remedy正式用词,通常指在局部范围内进行纠正,尤指对困难或棘手问题的解决。
revise指通过仔细阅读、反复思考后而进行改正、订正或修订,使趋于完善。
amend书面语用词。指进行更正或改变,使之更好,符合更高的要求。
记忆方法
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