modify
verb- modify something
to change something slightly, especially in order to make it more suitable for a particular purpose 調整；稍作修改；使更適合 Patients are taught how to modify their diet. 病人獲得有關如何調節自己飲食的指導。 We found it cheaper to modify existing equipment rather than buy new. 我們發現改進現有設備比購買新設備要便宜些。 The software we use has been modified for us. 我們使用的軟件已按我們的需要作過修改。 The law has been significantly modified since that ruling. 自那次裁決以來，該法已作了重大修改。 heavily/highly modified 大量/高度修改 A modified version of my article was published in the newspaper. 報紙上刊登了我文章的修改版。 Permissions are arranged so that you can't delete or modify files. 權限被安排爲您不能删除或修改文件。
Extra ExamplesCheck for the most recently modified version of a file. 檢查文件的最近修改版本。 Stories and characters had to be modified to fit a 21st-century audience. 爲了適應 21 世紀的觀衆，不得不對故事和人物作一些改動。 The original text has been modified so radically that it is barely recognizable. 原文改動得如此徹底，幾乎面目全非。 These ideas are still used today, though in a slightly modified form. 這些構想如今仍在采用，只是形式稍有些變化。 We can modify the service for local conditions. 我們可以針對當地條件對服務進行調整。 You may need to modify your plans a little. 或許你需要稍稍改動一下你的計劃。 using a highly modified version of the program 使用那個程序大改後的版本 The office software has been modified over the years. 辦公軟件多年來一直在修改。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
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- have to
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- highly modified
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- modify something
to make something less extreme 緩和；使溫和 She refused to modify her behaviour. 她拒絕改變自己的行爲。 He listened to the arguments and modified his view of the party. 他聽取了辯論，並改變了對該黨的看法。 The social worker at first aimed to get Mrs R to modify her behaviour, without success. 社會福利工作者最初力求使R夫人緩和自己的行爲，但沒有成功。
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grammar 語法 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 修飾
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French modifier, from Latin modificare, from modus ‘measure’, from an Indo-European root shared by mete.