amend

[美國]/əˈmend/
[英國]/əˈmend/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

vt. 改善,改進;修改
vi. 改正,改善;改過自新

短語搭配

make amends for

補償;賠償…損失

例句

You must amend your pronunciation.

你必須改正你的發音。

the rule was amended to apply only to non-members.

規則被修改成只適用於非成員。

amend your soil with peat moss or compost.

用苔泥炭或堆肥來改善你們的土壤。

if the bill is not amended genuine claimants will be penalized.

如果該項法案不修正的話,那麼真正的索賠人將會受到不公正的待遇。

clumsily trying to make amends

笨拙地想要賠罪

try to make amends for the rude way you spoke to Lucy.

你對露西說話態度粗魯,要想辦法賠禮道歉。

The teacher advised him to amend his way of living.

老師勸他改變生活方式。

How can I make amends for losing my temper?

我怎樣才能對我的發脾氣作出補償呢?

amended the earlier proposal so as to make it more comprehensive.

修改建議書初稿使之內容更全面

The new law offers no amends to victims of crime. I assured them that no amends are necessary. You must make amends to them for the insult.See Synonyms at reparation

新的法律不對犯罪受害者給予賠償。我使他們確信沒有必要賠償。由於你的侮辱行爲,你必須向他們賠禮道歉參見 reparation

This country refuses stubbornly to make amends for its past war crimes.

該國頑固地拒絕爲其過去的戰爭罪行賠罪。

It made him wish to make amends for his former unkindness to the boy.

這使他願意爲他過去對這孩子的不好而作補償。

I’m sorry I upset you—how can I make amends?

抱歉讓你難過了—我怎麼樣才能彌補我的過失呢?

The Scholarship Awarder reserves the right to withdraw or amend the scholarship without prior notification.

本公司有權在未經告知下暫停、取消或延期此活動。

How can I ever make amends for ruining their party?

我把他們的聚會弄砸了, 這個罪可怎麼賠得起呀?

He made amends for his rudeness by giving her some flowers.

他送給她一些花, 爲他自己的魯莽賠罪。

He amended his speech by making some additions and deletions.

他對講稿作了些增刪修改。

He finished third in the 200 metres, but hopes to make amends in the 100 metres.

他在200米賽中僅得第三名,希望能在100米賽中跑得好一點兒。

Empiristic analysis, through interviewing probe and questionnaire survey and multiple statistical analysis method, amends employee turnover forecast model of dynamic.

實證分析部分,通過訪談調查和問卷調查,修正員工離職動因預測模型。

Iraq's government could make amends for the mistake of his overhasty execution by making sure those investigations continue.

伊當局應當繼續對薩達姆的罪行進行調查,一個人的罪行還沒有完全調查清楚就被匆匆處決,這樣的作法真是糟糕。

原聲例句

The U.S. Constitution has been amended 27 times since it was signed in 1787.

自1787年簽署以來,美國憲法已經修改了27次。

來源: CNN 10 Student English March 2018 Collection

The Equality Act of 2010 will be amended.

2010年的《平等法》將會修訂。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

We would like to amend it, please.

我們想要修改它,拜託了。

來源: Banking Situational Conversation

When he made his amends with us that night?

那晚他說要補償我們。

來源: Our Day Season 2

A Washington, D.C., Superior Court then further amended the government's request.

華盛頓特區一家高等法院隨後進一步調整了政府的要求。

來源: Science in 60 Seconds December 2017 Collection

It is legislation that dates back to 1887 amended and codified in 1948.

這項立法可追溯到1887年,1948年進行了修訂和編纂。

來源: VOA Standard English_Americas

A bill will enable law inherited from the European Union to be more easily amended.

即將出臺的一項法案將簡化繼承自歐盟的法律修改流程。

來源: Collection of Speeches by the British Royal Family

" Or Ministry Decrees? " amended Fudge angrily.

“那魔法部的法令呢?”福吉生氣地換了個角度問道。

來源: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

And the program to which I owe my sobriety dictates that I make an amends.

而我自己決定的戒毒方案要求我補償之前的一切。

來源: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

The doctor advised him to amend his way of living.

醫生勸他改變生活方式。

來源: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

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