amend 详细解释

amend

[ə'mend]

vt.修正, 改进

vt.

1. 修订, 修改; 订正

The constitution was amended in 1920 to give women the right to vote.

美国宪法于一九二○年修订, 赋予妇女投票权。

The motion to amend the club's constitution was defeated by 20 votes to 15.

修改俱乐部章程的动议以二十票对十五票被否决了。

2. 改进, 改善

vi.

1. 改进, 改善

2. 改过自新

He was determined to amend.

他决心改过自新。

词形变化

动词过去式: amended | 动词过去分词: amended | 动词现在分词: amending | 动词第三人称单数: amends |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.修改; 改进, 改善

change  correct  improve  mend  

同义参见:

edit  emend  censor  rectify  

英英释义

动词 amend:

make amendments to

to make better

同义词：better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate

set straight or right

同义词：rectify, remediate, remedy, repair

补充

amendamend英:[əˈmend] 美:[əˈmɛnd]vt. & vi.1.改良; 修改, 修订The thief has amended.这小偷改过自新了。You must amend your pronunciation.你必须改正你的发音。

例句

1. amending the behaviour of chronic miscreants has long been the bane of teachers' lives.改正那些经常捣乱的学生的行为长期以来一直是让老师们头疼的问题。 2. This is a chance for the government to amend its ways.这是政府改善其行事方式的一个机会。 3. I realized I ought to amend my answer .我意识到应该修改自己的答案。 4. They voted unanimously to amend the constitution.他们一致投票赞成修订宪法。 5. the amended version of the Act法案的修订版 6. It's time you amended your ways.是你改过自新的时候了。 7. to amend one's ways改过自新 8. Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.议会可能会修正提议的征税法。 9. She amended the speech by making some additions and deletions.她对讲话作了增删修改。 10. He amends day by day.他逐日改过自新。 11. the rule was amended to apply only to non-members.规则被修改成只适用于非成员。 12. amend your soil with peat moss or compost.用苔泥炭或堆肥来改善你们的土壤。 13. a few things had gone wrong, but these had been amended.有些地方出了毛病，但已被修复。 14. The country's constitution was amended to allow women to vote.国家修订了宪法，赋予妇女选举权。 15. They voted to amend the law in 1920.*1920年他们投票修订了法律。 16. He tried to amend the situation by apologizing to me.他向我道歉，试图改变局面。

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