modify

英 ['mɒdɪfaɪ]美 ['mɑdɪfaɪ]

vt. 修改，修饰；更改

vi. 修改

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

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