| 释义 |
mod·i·fi·ca·tion
\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷fə̇ˈkāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French, from Medieval Latin modification-, modificatio, from Latin, measure, measuring, from modificatus (past participle of modificare, modificari to measure, moderate) + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act of limiting the meaning or application of a concept or statement : qualification, restriction
< with some modifications this statement is true today — J.B.Conant >
2. : mode I 6
3.
a.
(1) : the act or action of changing something without fundamentally altering it
< making the exactly minimum degree of modification to her institutions necessary to fit them to new conditions — John Strachey >
(2) : the state of being so changed
b. : a result of such partial change : a modified form
< a modification of last year's hardtop >
< a modification of a European breed >
< a modification of his batting style >
c. : a noninheritable change in an organism caused by the influence of its environment
4.
a. : a limitation or qualification of the meaning of a word by another word, by an affix, or by internal change
b. : inflection 4a
c. : a change that a linguistic form undergoes when borrowed from one language into another
5.
a. : an alteration by environment influence of the articulatory components of a word or other speech item
< the alteration of has to \z\ in \hēz stäpt\ (he's stopped) is a phonetic modification >
b. : umlaut 1
6. Scots law : the action of awarding or decreeing something done or paid in settlement (as the award of a minster's stipend against his parish) |