mod·i·fy
verb OPAL W
/ˈmɒdɪfaɪ/
/ˈmɑːdɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they modify | /ˈmɒdɪfaɪ/ /ˈmɑːdɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it modifies | /ˈmɒdɪfaɪz/ /ˈmɑːdɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple modified | /ˈmɒdɪfaɪd/ /ˈmɑːdɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle modified | /ˈmɒdɪfaɪd/ /ˈmɑːdɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form modifying | /ˈmɒdɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈmɑːdɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- modify something to change something slightly, especially in order to make it more suitable for a particular purpose
调整；稍作修改；使更适合 - 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。 - We found it cheaper to modify existing equipment rather than buy new.
我们发现改进现有设备比购买新设备要便宜些。 - 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。 - The law has been significantly modified since that ruling.
自那次裁决以来，该法律已进行了重大修改。 - heavily/highly modified
大量／重大修改 - A modified version of my article was published in the newspaper.
我文章的一个修改版本在报纸上发表了。 - Permissions are arranged so that you can't delete or modify files.
权限的安排使您无法删除或修改文件。
Extra Examples- Check for the most recently modified version of a file.
检查文件的最近修改版本。 - Stories and characters had to be modified to fit a 21st-century audience.
为了适应 21 世纪的观众，不得不对故事和人物作一些改动。 - The original text has been modified so radically that it is barely recognizable.
原文改动得如此彻底，几乎面目全非。 - These ideas are still used today, though in a slightly modified form.
这些构想如今仍在采用，只是形式稍有些变化。 - We can modify the service for local conditions.
我们可以针对当地条件对服务进行调整。 - You may need to modify your plans a little.
或许你需要稍稍改动一下你的计划。 - using a highly modified version of the program
使用那个程序大改后的版本 - The office software has been modified over the years.
办公软件多年来一直在修改。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- drastically
- extensively
- …
- have to
- need to
- for
- highly modified
- in a modified form
- modified to fit something
- …
- Patients are taught how to modify their diet.
- modify something to make something less extreme
缓和；使温和 - She refused to modify her behaviour.
她拒绝缓和自己的行为方式。 - He listened to the arguments and modified his view of the party.
他听取了意见并改变了他对党的看法。 - The social worker at first aimed to get Mrs R to modify her behaviour, without success.
社会福利工作者最初力求使R夫人缓和自己的行为，但没有成功。
- She refused to modify her behaviour.
- modify something (grammar) a word, such as an adjective or adverb, that modifies another word or group of words describes it or limits its meaning in some way
修饰 - 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’.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French modifier, from Latin modificare, from modus ‘measure’, from an Indo-European root shared by mete.