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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary mod·i·fy (-fied ; -fy·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English modifien, from Anglo-French modifier, from Latin modificare to measure, moderate, from modus DATE 14th century transitive verb 1. to make less extreme : moderate 2. a. to limit or restrict the meaning of especially in a grammatical construction b. to change (a vowel) by umlaut 3. a. to make minor changes in b. to make basic or fundamental changes in often to give a new orientation to or to serve a new end the wing of a bird is an arm modified for flying intransitive verb : to undergo change Synonyms: see change English Etymology modify late 14c., from O.Fr . modifier, from L. modificare "to limit, restrain," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (1)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Modified; modifying.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 modify mod·ify / 5mCdifai; NAmE 5mB:d- / verb(modi·fies, modi·fy·ing, modi·fied, modi·fied) ▪ [VN] 1. to change sth slightly, especially in order to make it more suitable for a particular purpose 调整；稍作修改；使更适合 SYN adapt :
The software we use has been modified for us. 我们使用的软件已按我们的需要作过修改。 Patients are taught how to modify their diet. 病人获得有关如何调节自己饮食的指导。 2. to make sth less extreme 缓和；使温和 SYN adjust :
to modify your behaviour / language / views 使你的行为/语言/观点更容易让人接受 3. (grammar 语法) a word, such as an adjective or adverb, thatmodifies another word or group of words describes it or restricts its meaning in some way 修饰: In 'walk slowly', the adverb 'slowly' modifies the verb 'walk'. 在 walk slowly 中,副词 slowly 修饰动词 walk。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English modify verb ADV. considerably, drastically, greatly, heavily, profoundly, radically, significantly, substantially The original text has been modified so radically that it is barely recognizable. | a little, partially, partly, slightly, somewhat | gradually | constantly | specially | appropriately, suitably | accordingly | chemically, genetically genetically modified organisms VERB + MODIFY have to, need to You may need to modify your plans a little. PHRASES highly modified, in a modified form These ideas are still used today, though in a slightly modified form. | a modified version using a highly modified version of the program Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb Synonyms: CHANGE 1, alter, mutate, refashion, turn, vary Related Words: modulate, restrain, temper; qualify Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged mod·i·fy \-ˌfī\ verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Middle English modifien, from Middle French modifier, from Latin modificare, modificari to measure, moderate, from modus measure, manner + -ficare, -ficari -fy — more at mete transitive verb 1. : to make more temperate and less extreme : lessen the severity of : moderate < the proximity of the ocean modifies the temperature — American Guide Series: Rhode Island > < traffic rules were modified to let him pass — Van Wyck Brooks > 2. Scots law : to award or decree as something to be done or paid (as a minister's stipend against his parish) 3. a. : to limit or restrict the meaning of : be subordinate to in a grammatical construction : qualify b. : to change (a vowel) by umlaut 4. a. : to make minor changes in the form or structure of : alter without transforming < the aeroplane — as it was called for many years before the word was modified to airplane — A.F.Harlow > < represents a type already partly modified by domestication — P.C.Mangelsdorf > b. : to make a basic or important change in : alter < the older view that laws modify conduct and that punishment effectively limits crime — Alex Comfort > < the weakening of the geographical factor in social organization must … profoundly modify our attitude toward the meaning of personal relations — Edward Sapir > < have modified my views of conduct to conform with what seem to me the implications of my beliefs — T.S.Eliot > 5. : to change the form or properties of for a definite purpose < the equipment was modified to produce locomotives — American Guide Series: Virginia > < a Navy trainer … was modified … for flight study of the system of boundary-layer control by blowing — Report: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics > < starch is modified by heating to produce British gum > intransitive verb : to undergo change Synonyms: see change |
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