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单词 modification
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modification

noun
 
/ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
/ˌmɑːdɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. modification (of/to/in something) the act or process of changing something in order to improve it or make it more acceptable; a change that is made synonym adaptation
    • Considerable modification of the existing system is needed.
    • It might be necessary to make a few slight modifications to the design.
    Extra Examples
    • A modification in the law has not led to an increase in prosecutions.
    • The design requires considerable modification.
    • The original plan had undergone fairly extensive modifications.
    • These bikes are designed for racing and cannot be used on the road without modification.
    • We need to make a few modifications to the proposals.
    • a modification in smoking behaviour among older men
    • people opposed to the genetic modification of plants
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • considerable
    • extensive
    • major
    verb + modification
    • involve
    • need
    • require
    preposition
    • with modification
    • without modification
    • modification in
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    Word Originlate 15th cent. (in Scots law, denoting the assessment of a payment): from French, or from Latin modificatio(n-), from modificare, from modus ‘measure’, from an Indo-European root shared by mete.
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