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emend

/ih-mend/US // ɪˈmɛnd //UK // (ɪˈmɛnd) //

修订,修改,补上,加大

Related Words

retouch修饰,修整,润饰,润色rectify整顿,矫治,纠正,矫枉过正amend修订,修改,修正,修正了edit编辑,编辑部,编辑本段,编者better更好的,更好,更好地,较好的right对,正确,权利,对的polish抛光,抛光剂,擦亮,擦拭alter改变,更改,改动,改造revise修改,修订,审校,审阅improve改善,改进,完善,提高redact删节,缄默不语,删减,删改touch up修整,修饰,润色,补足emendate修订,修改,修正,删改

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to edit or change.
    • : to free from faults or errors; correct.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcorrect
Forms: emends
Synonyms
alter改变,更改,改动,改造amend修订,修改,修正,修正了better更好的,更好,更好地,较好的edit编辑,编辑部,编辑本段,编者improve改善,改进,完善,提高polish抛光,抛光剂,擦亮,擦拭rectify整顿,矫治,纠正,矫枉过正redact删节,缄默不语,删减,删改retouch修饰,修整,润饰,润色revise修改,修订,审校,审阅right对,正确,权利,对的emendate修订,修改,修正,删改touch up修整,修饰,润色,补足

Examples

  • Partly with the help of Toup, we may emend this corrupt passage as follows: , , .

  • To emend the Vulgate by the Hebrew and Greek is exactly what the heretics seek to do.

  • Second, all critics have agreed to condemn the digression in which Theobald advertised his ability to emend Greek texts.

  • Some of these are trivial slips that a scribe copying B might emend on his own initiative, or perhaps by a lucky mistake.

  • The alteration is very slight, affecting only one letter, and may be due to error in transcription or to mere desire to emend.

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