| 单词 | modify |
| 释义 | modify v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1. make less severe or extreme; tone down (modify one's demands). 2. make partial changes in; make different. 3. Gram. qualify or expand the sense of (a word etc.). 4. Phonet. change (a vowel) by umlaut. 5. Chem. change or replace all the substituent radicals of a polymer, thereby changing its physical properties such as solubility etc. (modified starch). Derivatives modifiable adj. modificatory adj. Etymology: ME f. OF modifier f. L modificare (as MODE) |
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