| 释义 |
modify/ˈmɒdifai/v. tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 make less severe or extreme; tone down 缓和；减轻；降低 modify one's demands 降低要求 2 make partial changes in; make different 修改；改变；改造；改装 3 Gram. qualify or expand the sense of (a word etc.) 【语法】(对词等)限定；修饰 4 Phonet. change (a linguistic unit) 【语音】变换(语言单位) 5 Chem. change or replace all the substituent radicals of a polymer, thereby changing its physical properties such as solubility etc. 【化】改性(如溶性等) modified starch 改性淀粉 □ modifiable adj.□ modificatory /-fikeit(ə)ri/ adj.[Middle English via Old French modifier from Latin modificare (as MODE)] |