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单词 amend
释义
amend
verb[T]
uk
/əˈmend/us
/əˈmend/
C2
tochangethe words of atext,especiallyalawor alegaldocument:
修订，修正，修改（法律文件等）
MPswereurgedto amend thelawtopreventanotheroiltankerdisaster.下院议员们被敦促修订该法律，以防止油轮泄漏灾难再次发生。
Inline20, "men" should be amended(=changed)to"people".第20行中的 men 应改为 people。
Until theconstitutionis amended, thepowertoappointministerswillremainwith thepresident.在宪法修正之前，总统仍然有权任命部长。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • pliant
  • pliantly
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  • putsomething/someoneforward
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  • unamended
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UK politics: legislation & law-making
(Definition ofamendfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

amend| American Dictionary

amend
verb[T]
us
/əˈmend/
tochangethe words of something written,esp. alawor alegaldocument:
Thetermsof thecontractwere amended inlateryears.
(Definition ofamendfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

amend| Business English

amend
verb[T]
uk
/əˈmend/us
tochangesomething,especiallythe words of atext:
They were toohastyto amend ordropinitiativesthat did notworkimmediately.
amend sth to sthInline20, 'men' should be amended to 'people'.
LAW,GOVERNMENT
to make achangeto alaw:
amend a bill/lawHe willtryto amend thebilltoshiftmore of themoneytoconservation.
Theproposalswould amend the InsolvencyActof 1986 topreventpotentiallyviablesmallbusinessesfrom beingforcedintoreceivership.
Until theconstitutionis amended, thepowertoappointministerswillremainwith thepresident.
(Definition ofamendfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofamend

amend
I hope this can be amended in future editions.
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Finally, in 1936 he amended the constitution and extended his ' presidency ' to 1949.
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Written procedures are then evaluated and amended if necessary to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.
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Nitrification was significantly increased in soils amended with ammonium or with ammonium plus phosphorus, suggesting that nitrification is substrate-limited.
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European courts confirmed their position that administrative guidelines, which have an abstract-general scope of application, may not be implicitly amended by decisions in individual cases.
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However, this simple contextualisation game needs to be amended when combinations of games are considered.
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In both periods, nurses made almost 50% of interventions, and 40% of these prescriptions were amended; for pharmacist interventions, this figure was 60%.
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Thus, the project presented to the congress was amended in significant ways to accommodate the radical convictions of most deputies.
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This is easily seen in the context of amending thee and thou.
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Modern agricultural systems have amended some of their properties to increase productivity.
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Yet more improvement is possible, hence the next generation of cupholders is amended accordingly; and so on.
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The actor who is not recognized as making a proposal cannotamendthe proposer's offer.
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Yet despite pressure toamendthe legislation, many of the impugned provisions remain.
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Consequently, it is desirable toamendthe tree extraction procedure to adequately represent them in the resulting extracted grammar.
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When people wake up, they might recall oramendthese mentations as if they had been experienced during sleep.
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