Modify
[ 'mɑdɪfaɪ ]
其它 Other
vi. 被修饰;修改;
vt. 改变;减轻，减缓;[语]修饰，（用变音符号）改变;
💡 词根助记
mod方式，模式，风度+ify...化→规范化→修改
📝 例句
Fertilizers modify the composition of herbage.
肥料可改变牧草的组成。
He had to modify his plan.
他不得不改变计划。
We have to modify our plan a little bit.
我们得对我们的计划稍加修改。
The grower can modify his cultural program.
生产者可以修改栽培措施。
The structure of the iris will also modify the shade.
虹膜的结构也能影响眼睛的深浅。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ mode-模式,modify-更改:把某物按照某模式进行修改
※ modi-拼音“摸底”,fy-拼音“法院”:摸底之后去法院修改
※ modi-拼音“摸底”,fy-拼音“费用”:经过摸底考试之后我就修改了费用预算
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-mod-表示“模式”
📖 牛津释义
modify
v
(pt, pp -fied) [Tn]
1 change (sth) slightly, esp to make it less extreme or to improve it 稍改（某事物）; （尤指）使缓和, 使改善, 使改进
The union has been forced to modify its position. 工会被迫稍稍改变立场.
The policy was agreed by the committee, but only in a modified form. 那政策惟经修改後始获委员会同意.
The heating system has recently been modified to make it more efficient. 最近供暖设备已稍加改动以提高效率. =>Usage at change1 用法见change1.
2 (grammar) (esp of an adj or adv) limit the sense of (another word) （尤指形容词或副词）修饰, 限定（另一词）的意义
In `the black cat' the adjective `black' modifies the noun `cat'. 在｀黑猫＇这一词组中, 形容词｀黑＇修饰名词｀猫＇.
🎯 考研助记
mode(模式)+ify:对模式发生改变- 修饰 网友：yqy补充： mod+ify→要使其规范化→修改
🔁 扩展释义
*['mɒdifai]vt. 修正, 变更, 修饰, 缓和, 减轻vi. 被修改【计】 修改【化】 修改
🏥 医学释义
改变，限制
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How are you getting to the airport? Is anybody seeing you off?
你打算怎样去机场？有人送你吗？
Great. Would you please let me know when you have a race?
太好了。请告诉我你们什么时候比赛，好吗？
On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;
那天晚上在回家的路上，我低头一看，发现项链不再挂在我的脖子上了。我告诉了比尔。我们马上赶回王宫去寻找。我们询问了那儿的每一个人，问他们是不是拾到了一条项链。可是，真倒霉。我们找不到那条项链；它丢失了。