modify
英 [ˈmɒdɪfaɪ]
美 [ˈmɑːdɪfaɪ]
v. 调整; 稍作修改; 使更适合; 缓和; 使温和; 修饰
过去分词：modified 现在分词：modifying 过去式：modified 第三人称单数：modifies
CET4CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM4TEM8计算机
Collins.2 / BNC.3239 / COCA.3685
同义词辨析
changealterconvertmodifytransformturnvary【导航词义：改变，变化】
changev. 改变，变更
〔辨析〕
普通用词，可指任何变化，强调与原先的情况有明显的不同。
〔例证〕
A witch changed the boy into a mouse.
女巫把那男孩变成了一只老鼠。
The economic situation has changed considerably.
经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
The leaves on the trees change colour in the autumn.
树叶在秋天改变颜色。
女巫把那男孩变成了一只老鼠。
The economic situation has changed considerably.
经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
The leaves on the trees change colour in the autumn.
树叶在秋天改变颜色。
alterv. 改变
〔辨析〕
常指轻微改变，强调在保持原状的情况下进行局部改变。
〔例证〕
Your coat is too big. You must have it altered.
你的外衣太大了，得找人改一下。
The working condition must be altered to meet the new requirements.
工作环境必须改善，以适应新的要求。
你的外衣太大了，得找人改一下。
The working condition must be altered to meet the new requirements.
工作环境必须改善，以适应新的要求。
convertv. 转变，转化
〔辨析〕
指改变形式、用途、使用方式等，也指改变信仰、观点、态度等。
〔例证〕
Please convert this money into RMB.
请把这钱兑换成人民币。
Her mother has converted to Catholicism.
她母亲已改信天主教。
请把这钱兑换成人民币。
Her mother has converted to Catholicism.
她母亲已改信天主教。
modifyv. 修改，改进
〔辨析〕
指对某物作细小的改动以对其进行改进，使其更适用或更高效。
〔例证〕
The plan must be modified if it is to be used.
这项计划要用就必须修改。
You'd better modify your tone.
你最好说得和缓些才是。
这项计划要用就必须修改。
You'd better modify your tone.
你最好说得和缓些才是。
transformv. 改变
〔辨析〕
指在形式、外观、性质等方面彻底改变，即成为全新的东西。
〔例证〕
The magician transformed the handkerchief into a bird.
魔术师把那条手帕变成了一只鸟。
Solar energy can be transformed into power.
太阳能可以转化为能量。
魔术师把那条手帕变成了一只鸟。
Solar energy can be transformed into power.
太阳能可以转化为能量。
turnv. 改变，转变
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指外形、颜色、气味、性质等方面发生变化。
〔例证〕
Coal can be turned into heat.
煤可以转化成热。
He turned this novel into an English best-seller.
他把这本小说变成了英语畅销书。
煤可以转化成热。
He turned this novel into an English best-seller.
他把这本小说变成了英语畅销书。
varyv. 变化
〔辨析〕
指根据某一情况的变化而变化，也指更改某事物。
〔例证〕
The prices of fish vary according to market conditions.
鱼的价格随着市场行情而变化。
Old people don't like to vary their habits.
老年人不喜欢改变他们的习惯。
鱼的价格随着市场行情而变化。
Old people don't like to vary their habits.
老年人不喜欢改变他们的习惯。
牛津词典
verb
- 调整；稍作修改；使更适合
to change sth slightly, especially in order to make it more suitable for a particular purpose- 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。
- The software we use has been modified for us.
- 缓和；使温和
to make sth less extreme- to modify your behaviour/language/views
使你的行为 / 语言 / 观点更容易让人接受
- to modify your behaviour/language/views
- 修饰
a word, such as an adjective or adverb, that modifies another word or group of words describes it or restricts its meaning in some way- In ‘walk slowly’, the adverb ‘slowly’ modifies the verb ‘walk’.
在walk slowly中，副词slowly修饰动词walk。
- In ‘walk slowly’, the adverb ‘slowly’ modifies the verb ‘walk’.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 修改;变更;改进
If youmodifysomething, you change it slightly, usually in order to improve it.- The club members did agree to modify their recruitment policy...
俱乐部成员的确同意修改吸纳新成员的政策。 - The plane was a modified version of the C-130.
这种飞机是C-130的改进机型。
- The club members did agree to modify their recruitment policy...
- VERB 修饰;限定
A word or group of words thatmodifiesanother word describes or classifies something, or restricts the meaning of the word.- It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify: 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。
- It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify: we say 'a good cry', not 'a cry good'.
英英释义
verb
- cause to change
- The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
- The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
- make less severe or harsh or extreme
- please modify this letter to make it more polite
- he modified his views on same-gender marriage
- add a modifier to a constituent
双语例句
- You might need to modify the path according to your system and where you deposit the zip file.
根据您的系统和存放zip文件的位置，可能要修改路径。 - In this example, you modify your last script slightly to collect system call data for a single process.
在这个例子中，您稍微修改了上一个脚本，让它收集一个进程的系统调用数据。 - It provides a structural representation of an XML document, enabling users to access and modify its contents.
它为XML文档提供了一种结构化的表示方法，使用户可以访问和修改XML文档的内容。 - They can access and modify in-flight messages within Application Server.
它们可以访问和修改ApplicationServer中的未完成（in-flight）消息。 - Or you can create or modify a set of steps manually directly in the test script.
或者，您可以直接在测试脚本中手动创建或修改了一组步骤。 - This provides a very predictable way to add, modify, and debug business logic.
这就提供了一种可预测的方法来添加，修改和调整业务逻辑。 - AdminConfig provides lots of methods to query attributes and create, remove, and modify configurations.
AdminConfig提供了大量方法来查询属性和创建、删除及修改配置。 - Also, BEFORE triggers can now contain UPDATE, DELETE, INSERT and routines that modify data.
另外，BEFORE触发器现在可以包含UPDATE、DELETE、INSERT和修改数据的例程。 - This article describes the design work needed to modify the mail template to include this solution.
本文描述了修改邮件模板以包含该解决方案所需的设计工作。 - The plane was a modified version of the C-130.
这种飞机是C-130的改进机型。