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amendment

/uh-mend-muhnt/US // əˈmɛnd mənt //UK // (əˈmɛndmənt) //

修正,修正内容,修正条款,修正书

Related Words

modification修改,改装,改动,改造remedy补救措施,补救,补救办法,补救方法reform改革,改革,改革开放,改革开放change变化,改变,更改,变革revision修订,修改,修正,修订版clause条款,短语,句子bill账单,帐单,钞票,法案act行动,行为,采取行动,扮演motion动议,动,动动,动动嘴suggestion建议,提议,暗示,建言measure措施,衡量,计量,衡量标准repair维修,修复,修理,修补correction矫正,纠正,更正,校正mending补缀,修补,补习,缝补alteration改动,改建,改造,变更improvement改善,改进,完善,改进工作reformation改革,改造,革新,改革开放amelioration改善,改良,改进,改善情况enhancement加强,增强,增强功能,增强能力betterment改善,增益,改进,更好的服务

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of amending or the state of being amended.
    • : an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.
    • : a change made by correction, addition, or deletion: The editors made few amendments to the manuscript.
    • : Horticulture. a soil-conditioning substance that promotes plant growth indirectly by improving such soil qualities as porosity, moisture retention, and pH balance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncorrection, improvement
Forms: amendments
Synonyms
change变化,改变,更改,变革modification修改,改装,改动,改造reform改革,改革,改革开放,改革开放remedy补救措施,补救,补救办法,补救方法revision修订,修改,修正,修订版alteration改动,改建,改造,变更amelioration改善,改良,改进,改善情况betterment改善,增益,改进,更好的服务correction矫正,纠正,更正,校正enhancement加强,增强,增强功能,增强能力improvement改善,改进,完善,改进工作mending补缀,修补,补习,缝补rectification整改,矫正,纠正,纠错reformation改革,改造,革新,改革开放repair维修,修复,修理,修补
nounaddition to a document
Forms: amendments
Synonyms
act行动,行为,采取行动,扮演bill账单,帐单,钞票,法案clause条款,短语,句子measure措施,衡量,计量,衡量标准modification修改,改装,改动,改造motion动议,动,动动,动动嘴revision修订,修改,修正,修订版suggestion建议,提议,暗示,建言addendum补遗,增编,附录,补遗书adjunct附属品,附属机构,兼职,兼任alteration改动,改建,改造,变更attachment附件,附属物,附图,附文clarification澄清,澄清说明,澄清问题,澄清事实codicil遗嘱,誓约,誓词,契约rider骑手,骑士,骑行者,乘坐者supplement补充,补充说明,补助,补助金

Examples

  • It passed the Senate’s appropriations committee Thursday, but did so with amendments that have not yet been released.

  • The regulations, known as The Electronics and postal communications amendment, also require foreign journalists working with their local colleagues to be accompanied by a government-appointed officer when covering local stories.

  • After the passage of the amendment, women were not broadly mobilized, and in many places, women of color continued to face barriers to voting.

  • A century ago today, the 19th amendment of the US Constitution was ratified.

  • Everyone deserves the ERA—a constitutional amendment that lives forever—and I have faith that we will get it.

  • Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second Amendment and state laws.

  • They would not, for example, supersede federal law regarding the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment.

  • Either we believe the First Amendment is worth defending or we do not.

  • They then would expect the Senate to strip that amendment and compromise simply on keeping government open for 60 days.

  • Why are “threats,” unlike other scary speech, outside the protection of the First Amendment?

  • Consequently an amendment may be made diminishing the weekly allowance to a member who is sick, and also the time of allowing it.

  • By the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution their rights and privileges have been further secured.

  • A partial amendment has taken place, and still greater improvements are about to be made.

  • One of the first effects of this amendment in Virginia was a legislative enactment requiring all women to pay the poll tax.

  • (i) The gazetting of the outstanding regulations empowered by the 1934 and 1953 Amendment Acts.

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