late 14c., from Old French modifier (14c.), from Latin modificare "to limit, measure off, restrain," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Modified; modifying.
雙語例句
1. Established practices are difficult to modify.
既定的慣例是很難更改的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. You'd better modify your tone.
你最好說得婉轉(zhuǎn)一點.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. The Modify > Make Live feature now works in shaded display mode.
Modify菜單下的MakeLive功能現(xiàn)在可以工作在實體模式中.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify.
形容詞一般放在所修飾名詞的前面是英語中的一條規(guī)律。
來自柯林斯例句
5. It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify: we say "a good cry", not "a cry good".