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Amendment Change Make Made Improve 英 ə'Mendmənt] 美 ə'Mendmənt

英语单词 amendment
英美音标 英 [ə'mendmənt] 美 [ə'mendmənt]
中文释义 n.修正;修正案;改进
英语例句 (1) The amendment is an appendage of that contract.
(2) The amendment will become effective next year.
(3) That representative brought forth an amendment to the press law.
(4) He seemed to have resolved on amendment.
(5) The exporter may request an amendment.
中文例句 (1) 这个修改案是那个合同的附件。
(2) 修正案将于明年生效。
(3) 那位代表提出了一项对新闻法的修正案。
(4) 他似乎已决心痛改前非。
(5) 出口商可以要求改正。
vocabulary简明 An amendment is a change made to an original (usually a document or statement). It's meant to improve the original, but one could say the 21st Amendment (prohibition) did more to make Al Capone rich than to make Americans teetotalers.
vocabulary扩展 Can you spot the word amend, meaning "to make better" or "to cure of faults and errors" hidden in amendment? If so, you'll grasp the notion that an amendment is something intended to improve whatever preceded it. It pops up most often in formal legal contexts, where it refers to a written change to a bill, law, contract, or the U.S. Constitution.
柯林斯解释
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[N-VAR 可变名词](法令或法规的)修正条款,修正案 An amendment is a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it.
  • ...an amendment to the defense bill.

    防御法案的修正案

  • ...a constitutional amendment...

    宪法修正条款

  • Parliament gained certain rights of amendment.

    议会得到一定的修正权利。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]修改;修订 An amendment is a change that is made to a piece of writing.

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