详细释义

中文释义

1. 缓和，减轻
2. 修改，变更，更改，稍作修改
3. 调节，调整
4. 【语法】修饰
5. 使更适合
6. 使温和
7. 限制
8. 【哲】规定
9. 【语音学】改变（母音），使（元音）变音
10. 改变，改进，改善，改造
11. 减退
12. 被改变
13. 被修饰
14. 被减轻

英英释义

1. make less severe or harsh or extreme;
   "please modify this letter to make it more polite"
   "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
2. add a modifier to a constituent
3. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation;
   "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"
   "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

双语例句

1. The industrial revolutionmodifiedthe whole structure of English society.
   工业革命改变了整个英国社会的结构。
2. You'd bettermodifyyour tone.
   你最好缓和一下你的口气。
3. He will have tomodifyhis views if he wants to be elected.
   他如果想当选,就得把观点变得温和些。
4. In “the black cat”the adjective “black”modifiesthe noun “cat”.
   在“the black cat”这一词组中,形容词“black”修饰名词“cat”。
5. We have to modify our plan a little bit.
   我们得对我们的计画稍加修改。
6. The policy was agreed by the committee,but only in a modified form.
   那项政策经修改后才获得委员会同意。
7. The union has been forced to slightly modify its position.
   工会被迫稍稍改变立场。
8. He'll have to modify his views if he wants to be elected.
   他要想当选就得把观点改得缓和些。
9. A dverbs modify verbs and adjectives.
   副词修饰动词和形容词。

1. Those designs must bemodifiedif they are to be used.
   如果他们要用的话,这些设计一定要改动。

1. The equipment wasmodifiedto produce locomotives.
   这设备被改作火车头了。
2. The heating system has recently beenmodifiedto make it more efficient.
   暖气设备最近已进行了改造,使其效率得到提高。

词语用法

1. modify的基本意思是“改变,修改,调整”,强调在一定限度或範围内部分地改变,多用于观点、方法、制度、组织、计画等。
2. modify引申可表示“修饰”“限定”,尤指形容词或副词修饰另一词或限定另一词的意义。