amend

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a·mend /əˈmend/ AWL verb [transitiveT] formal

CHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHERto correct or make small changes to something that is written or spoken 修改，修订

The law was amended to include women.

该法律经修改把女性也包括在内。

The defendant later amended his evidence.

被告后来修改了证词。

‘Steve stole it – or rather borrowed it, ’ he amended.

“史蒂夫偷的——应该说是借的。”他改口道。

—amended adjectiveadj

an amended version

修订版

Examples from the Corpus

amend• Programs written in languages such as BASIC are very easy to edit and amend.• He spoke to intelligence officers at several airbases and made sure that certain records were amended.• The law was amended so that profits from drug dealing could be seized by the government.• In May, after months of bickering, parliament amended the asylum law.• To amend the Constitution voters must approve the measure in a referendum.• But the assembly also has the power - never used - to amend the constitution.• If the two treaties have identical parties the subsequent treaty is regarded as amending the earlier.• A supplementary statement can not be used to amend the evidence recorded in an earlier statement.• However, fresh proposals to amend the existing rent policy were put to the Bar Council in March.• Congress amended the Social Security Act in 1967 to help the disabled.

From Longman Business Dictionary

amenda·mend /əˈmend/ verb [transitiveT]

to make small changes to a law or a document, for example to improve it, to make it more accurate, or to take account of new conditions

a controversial plan to amend the Constitution

—amendment noun [countableC, uncountableU]

The Securities Subcommittee is considering amendments to the proposal.

Origin amend

(1200-1300) Old French amender, from Latin emendare; → EMEND

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