amend 音标拼音: [əm'ɛnd]
vt . 修正,改善,改良
vi . 改过自新
修正,改善,改良改过自新
amend v 1 :
make amendments to ; "
amend the document "
2 :
to make better ; "
The editor improved the manuscript with his changes " [
synonym : {
better }, {
improve }, {
amend }, {
ameliorate },
{
meliorate }] [
ant : {
aggravate }, {
exacerbate }, {
exasperate },
{
worsen }]
3 :
set straight or right ; "
remedy these deficiencies "; "
rectify the inequities in salaries "; "
repair an oversight " [
synonym :
{
rectify }, {
remediate }, {
remedy }, {
repair }, {
amend }]
Amend \
A *
mend "\ ([.
a ]*
m [
e ^]
nd "),
v .
i .
To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals ;
to improve . "
My fortune . . .
amends ." --
Sir P .
Sidney .
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Amend \
A *
mend "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Amended };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Amending }.] [
F .
amender ,
L .
emendare ;
e (
ex )
mendum ,
menda ,
fault ,
akin to Skr .
minda personal defect .
Cf .
{
Emend }, {
Mend }.]
To change or modify in any way for the better ;
as ,
(
a )
by simply removing what is erroneous ,
corrupt ,
superfluous ,
faulty ,
and the like ;
(
b )
by supplying deficiencies ;
(
c )
by substituting something else in the place of what is removed ;
to rectify .
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Mar not the thing that can not be amended . --
Shak .
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An instant emergency ,
granting no possibility for revision ,
or opening for amended thought . --
De Quincey .
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We shall cheer her sorrows ,
and amend her blood ,
by wedding her to a Norman . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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{
To amend a bill },
to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage ,
professedly for its improvement .
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Syn :
To {
Amend }, {
Emend }, {
Correct }, {
Reform }, {
Rectify }.
Usage :
These words agree in the idea of bringing things into a more perfect state .
We correct (
literally ,
make straight )
when we conform things to some standard or rule ;
as ,
to correct proof sheets .
We amend by removing blemishes ,
faults ,
or errors ,
and thus rendering a thing more a nearly perfect ;
as ,
to amend our ways ,
to amend a text ,
the draft of a bill ,
etc .
Emend is only another form of amend ,
and is applied chiefly to editions of books ,
etc .
To reform is literally to form over again ,
or put into a new and better form ;
as ,
to reform one '
s life .
To rectify is to make right ;
as ,
to rectify a mistake ,
to rectify abuses ,
inadvertencies ,
etc .
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103 Moby Thesaurus words for "
amend ":
acculturate ,
advance ,
ameliorate ,
better ,
blue -
pencil ,
boost ,
bring forward ,
civilize ,
come along ,
come on ,
compensate ,
correct ,
develop ,
edify ,
edit ,
educate ,
elevate ,
emend ,
emendate ,
enhance ,
enlighten ,
enrich ,
fatten ,
favor ,
fix ,
forward ,
foster ,
gain ,
gain ground ,
get ahead ,
get along ,
give satisfaction ,
go ahead ,
go forward ,
go straight ,
graduate ,
grow better ,
improve ,
improve upon ,
lard ,
lift ,
look up ,
make all square ,
make an improvement ,
make good ,
make headway ,
make progress ,
make right ,
make strides ,
meliorate ,
mend ,
new -
model ,
nurture ,
pay reparations ,
perk up ,
pick up ,
progress ,
promote ,
put right ,
put straight ,
put to rights ,
raise ,
re -
form ,
recense ,
reclaim ,
recompense ,
rectify ,
redact ,
redeem ,
redraft ,
redress ,
refashion ,
refine upon ,
reform ,
regenerate ,
remedy ,
remodel ,
remunerate ,
renew ,
repair ,
requite ,
reshape ,
restore self -
respect ,
revamp ,
revise ,
rework ,
rewrite ,
right ,
set right ,
set straight ,
set to rights ,
set up ,
shape up ,
show improvement ,
skyrocket ,
socialize ,
straighten out ,
take off ,
transfigure ,
transform ,
upgrade ,
uplift ,
work over
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