Amend
[ ə'mɛnd ]
第4级
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vt.& vi. 改良，修改;修订;
💡 词根助记
a加强+mend改正→不断改错→改正
📝 例句
He will have to amend his style of living.
他将必须改善其生活方式。
It is time you amend your style of living.
现在是你改变生活习惯的时候了。
I will amend my ways and stop talking in class.
我要改正错误，不在课堂上说话了。
The members of the club voted to amend the constitution.
该社团成员投票修改宪法。
To forestall is better than to amend.
与其补救于已然, 不如防范于未然。
🌱 联想助记
【串】amend(修改的)amends(赔偿)金额是tremendous(巨大的)
【记】※ am-是,end-最后:是到了最后才做的修正
※ amend-改善,amends-赔罪:改善穷人的生活进行赔罪
※ a-一,men-拼音“门”,d-拼音“得”:这一扇门得进行修改才行
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
amend
v
1 [Tn] correct an error in (sth); make minor improvements in; change slightly 改正; 略改进; 稍改动
amend a document, proposal, law 修改文件, 建议, 法律.
2 [I, Tn] (fml 文) (cause sth to) become better; improve （使某事物）变得更好; 改善; 改进
You must amend your behaviour. 你的行为得改一改.
🎯 考研助记
a(=to)+mend(修改):去修改- 修订
🏥 医学释义
修正，改正
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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Please go over the draft of the contract.
请再看一下草案吧。
Interest will not lie.
兴趣不会说谎。
When he asked if Mr.Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad.
当他询问莱恩先生是否住在那里时，值班的警察告诉他这位前首相落选后出国去了。