amend

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əˈmɛnd/    美 /əˈmɛnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of righting a wrong; compensation. plural-normally
    — Thus by the code of the Visigoths, it was forbidden to all strangers to take their subjects under a penalty of one hundred lashes and an amend in gold.
  2. Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”). abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,informal,plural-normally
    — I've sent over a new version of the doc with some amends.
动词 v.
  1. To make better; improve. transitive
    — Mud not the fountain that gave drink to thee; Mar not the thing that cannot be amended.
  2. To become better. intransitive
    — The teacher sat at one end of the bench, with a meek little fellow by his side. When the others were disorderly, this young martyr received a rap; intended, probably, as a sample of what the rest might expect, if they didn't amend.
  3. To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.). obsolete,transitive
    — But Paridell complaynd, that his late fight / With Britomart, so sore did him offend, / That ryde he could not, till his hurts he did amend.
  4. To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness). intransitive,obsolete
    — Ay, sir; there are a crew of wretched souls That stay his cure: their malady convinces The great assay of art; but at his touch— Such sanctity hath heaven given his hand— They presently amend.
  5. To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing. transitive
    — The following motions cannot be amended:

词形变化

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词汇关系

近义词
ameliorate correct improve
衍生词
amendability amendable amendation amendful reamend make amends
相关词
emend

词源

词源 1
From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend. Doublet of emend.
词源 2
From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend. Doublet of emend.
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