modify的经典引文

1. 缓和，减轻
2. 修改，变更，更改，稍作修改
3. 调节，调整
4. 【语法】修饰
5. 使更适合
6. 使温和
8. 【哲】规定
9. 【语音学】改变（母音），使（元音）变音
10. 改变，改进，改善，改造
11. 减退
12. 被改变
13. 被修饰
14. 被减轻

1. make less severe or harsh or extreme;

   "please modify this letter to make it more polite"
   "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
   

2. add a modifier to a constituent
3. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation;

   "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"
   "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
   

1.修改;变更;改进
If youmodify something, you change it slightly, usually in order to improve it.

e.g. The club members did agree tomodify their recruitment policy...
俱乐部成员的确同意修改吸纳新成员的。
e.g. The plane was a modified version of the C-130.
这种飞机是C-130的改进机型。

2.修饰;限定
A word or group of words thatmodifies another word describes or classifies something, or restricts the meaning of the word.

e.g. It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun theymodify: we say 'a good cry', not 'a cry good'.
英语规定形容词通常放在其修饰的名词前：我们说 a good cry，不说 a cry good。

• modify a contract修改合同
• modify one's tone缓和口气,改变腔调
• modify the structure改变结构
• modify the terms修改条款

• modify drastically大幅度修改
• modify partially部分修改

• There is generally a light breeze to modify the heat.

  出自：J. Lang

• The agents which are now at work in modifying the crust of the earth.

  出自：T. H. Huxley

• Freddie..did in fact modify her behaviour.

  出自：P. Fitzgerald

• The company has concentrated on modifying cars developed by Renault for the American market.

  出自：New York Times

• One of our tested sets..can be modified to run off a..battery.

  出自：Which?

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的modifier；最初源自古典拉丁语的modificare，意为，抑制。