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单词 modifies
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modifies in British English

3rd person singular present tense of verb
modify
 

modify in British English

(ˈmɒdɪˌfaɪ)
verbWord forms: -fies, -fying or -fied (mainly tr)
1. 
to change the structure, character, intent, etc, of
2. 
to make less extreme or uncompromising
to modify a demand
3.  grammar
(of a word or group of words) to bear the relation of modifier to (another word or group of words)
4.  linguistics
to change (a vowel) by umlaut
5. (intransitive)
to be or become modified
Derived forms
modifiable (ˈmodiˌfiable)
adjective
modifiability (ˌmodiˌfiaˈbility) or modifiableness (ˈmodiˌfiableness)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French modifier, from Latin modificāre to limit, control, from modus measure + facere to make

Examples of 'modifies' in a sentence
modifies

The company also buys redundant stock from local authorities, and refurbishes and modifies it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There's emerging evidence that it modifies the stress response.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
An adverb generally modifies a verb ('the columnist ate greedily').
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He simply modifies the plan of attack.
The Sun (2016)
It modifies the pronoun that precedes it.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The word 'having' is an adjective that modifies the pronoun 'them'.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
By the context, namely the tense of the verb that it modifies.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It modifies nerve signals, enhancing blood flow.
The Sun (2014)
The first modifies the noun; the second completes the meaning of the sentence.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It modifies (slightly alters) a noun, or pronoun, by identifying, qualifying and quantifying words.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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