Amend is a verb that means to modify or revise a law, document, or statement, or to correct something said to make it more accurate. It can also be used in the phrase "make amends" to mean to compensate for a wrong.
[VERB 动词]修改;修订 If you amend something that has been written such as a law, or something that is said, you change it in order to improve it or make it more accurate.
[V n]
[V with quote]
[V-ed]
The president agreed to amend the constitution and allow multi-party elections...
总统同意修订宪法,允许多党选举。
'You must admit that the man has got charm,' said Nicolson. 'Glamour,' amended Wells.
“你必须承认这个男人有魅力,”尼科尔森说。“是诱惑力,”韦尔斯纠正说。
...the amended version of the Act.
该法令的修正案
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[PHRASE 短语]赔罪;赔偿;补偿 If you make amends when you have harmed someone, you show that you are sorry by doing something to please them.
[V inflects]
He wanted to make amends for causing their marriage to fail.
他导致了他们的婚姻破裂,因此想作出补偿。
Oxford
amendAWL/əˈmend; NAmEəˈmend/verbamendsth to change a law, document, statement, etc. slightly in order to correct a mistake or to improve it 修正,修订(法律、文件、声明等)◆He asked to see the amended version.他要求看修订本。amendamendsamendedamendingamend/əˈmend; NAmEəˈmend/
to correct or make small changes to something that is written or spoken: The law was amended to include women. The defendant later amended his evidence. ‘Steve stole it – or rather borrowed it,’ he amended.—amended adjective: an amended version
WDF
amend
[əˈmend]amended, amending, amends
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v7492
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VERB4876
194586
Spoken:
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amended[429] amends[2561]
修正(86%),改进(14%)
vt.修改;改善,改进
vi.改正,改善;改过自新
n.(Amend)人名;(德、英)阿门德
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