modify
verb- modify something
to change something slightly, especially in order to make it more suitable for a particular purpose 调整；稍作修改；使更适合 Patients are taught how to modify their diet. 病人获得有关如何调节自己饮食的指导。 We found it cheaper to modify existing equipment rather than buy new. 我们发现改进现有设备比购买新设备要便宜些。 The software we use has been modified for us. 我们使用的软件已按我们的需要作过修改。 The law has been significantly modified since that ruling. 自那次裁决以来，该法已作了重大修改。 heavily/highly modified 大量/高度修改 A modified version of my article was published in the newspaper. 报纸上刊登了我文章的修改版。 Permissions are arranged so that you can't delete or modify files. 权限被安排为您不能删除或修改文件。
Extra ExamplesCheck for the most recently modified version of a file. 检查文件的最近修改版本。 Stories and characters had to be modified to fit a 21st-century audience. 为了适应 21 世纪的观众，不得不对故事和人物作一些改动。 The original text has been modified so radically that it is barely recognizable. 原文改动得如此彻底，几乎面目全非。 These ideas are still used today, though in a slightly modified form. 这些构想如今仍在采用，只是形式稍有些变化。 We can modify the service for local conditions. 我们可以针对当地条件对服务进行调整。 You may need to modify your plans a little. 或许你需要稍稍改动一下你的计划。 using a highly modified version of the program 使用那个程序大改后的版本 The office software has been modified over the years. 办公软件多年来一直在修改。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
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- modify something
to make something less extreme 缓和；使温和 She refused to modify her behaviour. 她拒绝改变自己的行为。 He listened to the arguments and modified his view of the party. 他听取了辩论，并改变了对该党的看法。 The social worker at first aimed to get Mrs R to modify her behaviour, without success. 社会福利工作者最初力求使R夫人缓和自己的行为，但没有成功。
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grammar 语法 a word, such as an adjective or adverb, that modifies another word or group of words describes it or limits its meaning in some way 修饰
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French modifier, from Latin modificare, from modus ‘measure’, from an Indo-European root shared by mete.