- 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修改;改进;改变 Considerable modification of the existing system is needed. 需要对现有的系统进行相当大的改进。 It might be necessary to make a few slight modifications to the design. 也许有必要对这个设计稍作几处修改。
Extra ExamplesA modification in the law has not led to an increase in prosecutions. 法律的修订并未导致诉讼案件增加。 The design requires considerable modification. 这个设计需要进行大的修改。 The original plan had undergone fairly extensive modifications. 已经对原计划作了相当大的修改。 These bikes are designed for racing and cannot be used on the road without modification. 这些自行车是为比赛设计的,不改装不能上路。 We need to make a few modifications to the proposals. 我们需要对提案作几处修改。 a modification in smoking behaviour among older men 年纪较长的人吸烟行为的改变 people opposed to the genetic modification of plants 反对改造植物基因的人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
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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.