单词 | revise |
释义 | revise (once / 311 pages) vn To revise means to alter or improve a preliminary draft of something, usually a text. When you want your writing to be really great, you must revise it several times until it is perfect. The word revise sounds like the related word revisit, and revising a piece of work does in fact require revisiting it. Planning out a project includes estimating how much it will cost and when it will be done. If something unforeseen happens, you might have to revise your estimates of cost and completion date. You can also use revise as a noun. Once you finish the first draft of an essay, you can begin working on the revise. WORD FAMILYrevise: revisal, revised, reviser, revises, revising, revision+/revisal: revisals/revised: unrevised/reviser: revisers/revising: revisings/revision: revisionism, revisions/revisionism: revisionist/revisionist: revisionists USAGE EXAMPLESAs governor, he created the Alabama Constitutional Revision Commission, which worked on revising the constitution until Wallace put a stop to the effort. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The revised draft resolution circulated by Russia “endorses” the cease-fire documents. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) To revise William Gibson’s famous observation: the future is already here—you’ll just need to buy a dongle to get at it. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) 1v make revisions in revise a thesis Hypo|Hyper amend make amendments to rewrite write differently; alter the writing of 2v revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving Syn|Hyper retool reorganise, reorganize, shake up organize anew 3n the act of rewriting something Syn|Hyper rescript, revisal, revision revising, rewriting editing that involves writing something again |
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