amending
present participle ofamend
| 单词 | amending |
| 释义 | amending present participle ofamend amend verb[T] uk/əˈmend/us/əˈmend/C2 tochangethe words of atext,especiallyalawor alegaldocument: MPswereurgedto amend thelawtopreventanotheroiltankerdisaster. Inline20, "men" should be amended(=changed)to"people". Until theconstitutionis amended, thepowertoappointministerswillremainwith thepresident. Adapting and modifying
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Editing & compiling UK politics: legislation & law-making Examplesofamendingamending In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Amendingregulations is never easy; it is especially hard here. From theCambridge English Corpus This is easily seen in the context ofamendingthee and thou. From theCambridge English Corpus I have taken liberties inamendingsome of the particulars for my own use (especially in changing the frequently used mouse to a mosquito). From theCambridge English Corpus In some statesamendingof the charter could provide a way around this. From theCambridge English Corpus Today, the computer keyboard and the laser printer (among other devices) areamendingthis entrenched procedure in various radical, even paradoxical ways. From theCambridge English Corpus There are further sacrificial implications: correcting andamendingwere expected as results of the purification by fire. From theCambridge English Corpus The second, whether parliament is the appropriate body foramendingthe constitution at all, is discussed in the next section. From theCambridge English Corpus Some contributors revisit their sources with a view toamendingour overall picture. From theCambridge English Corpus The code may also contain higher-order rules foramendingthe rules and the rights distributed by them. From theCambridge English Corpus Where new material seemed to him important, he busied himself with scissors and pastepot,amendingsections and appending new material in illustrative footnotes. From theCambridge English Corpus However, in spite of this the play was passed since the censor was able to use the strategy of cutting andamendingoffending passages. From theCambridge English Corpus The general histories of theamendingprocess provide fairly quick and straight8. From theCambridge English Corpus While only congress had the power to amend the constitution, the government claimed that the normal process ofamendingthe constitution would be too slow. From theCambridge English Corpus Between these two poles can be found a number of gradated positions that might be better characterized in terms of elasticity: of bending, testing,amending, or re-writing the rules. From theCambridge English Corpus Men and women who had a fluid approach to gendered assumptions,amendingthem to adapt to changes in the lifecycle, were the most successful in achieving satisfying lifestyles. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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