amendment

美 [əˈmendmənt]英 [əˈmendmənt]
  • n.(法律、文件的)修订;(美国宪法的)修正案

复数: amendments

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noun

1

(法律、文件的)改动,修正案,修改,修订
a small change or improvement that is made to a law or a document; the process of changing a law or a document

to introduce/propose/table an amendment (= to suggest it)

提出一项修正案

She made several minor amendments to her essay.

她对自己的论文作了几处小的修改。

Parliament passed the bill without further amendment.

议会未作进一步修改便通过了议案。

2

(美国宪法的)修正案
a statement of a change to the Constitution of the US

The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.

第19条修正案赋予妇女选举权。

amendment

频次

  • 1
    N-VAR (法令或法规的)修正条款,修正案
    An amendment is a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it.

    ...an amendment to the defense bill.

    防御法案的修正案

  • 2
    N-COUNT 修改;修订
    An amendment is a change that is made to a piece of writing.

noun

1
the act of amending or correcting
2
a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

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  1. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote .

    第19条修正案赋予妇女选举权。

  2. The Opposition moved an amendment to the Bill .

    反对派对法案提出修正案。

  3. She made several minor amendments to her essay .

    她对自己的论文作了几处小的修改。

  4. Parliament gained certain rights of amendment .

    议会得到一定的修正权利。

  5. He tried to push the amendment through Parliament .

    他力促议会通过该修正案。

  6. They refused to allow Republicans to offer amendments , effectively shutting them out of the process

    他们拒不允许共和党人提出修正案,实际上是将他们排除在了进程之外。

  7. The amendment will force senators to show where they stand on the issue of sexual harassment

    修订案将迫使参议员们表明自己对性骚扰问题的立场。

  8. They argue that the amendment undermines Canadian federalism .

    他们认为该修正案损害了加拿大联邦制。

  9. The amendment prohibits obscene or indecent materials which denigrate the objects or beliefs of a particular religion

    该修正案对贬损某一宗教教物或信仰的淫秽或不雅内容予以禁止。

  10. The amendments had been championed by pro-democracy activists .

    修正案一直受到亲民主的活跃分子的支持。

  11. The president is about to make an amendment to the resolution .

    总统将要对决议进行修订。

  12. He made some amendments to his speech .

    他对自己的演说作了一些修改。

  13. Please propose amendments and addenda to the first draft of the document .

    请对这个文件的初稿提出修改和补充意见。

  14. The exporter may request an amendment .

    出口商可以要求改正。

  15. MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the power to regulate for plain packaging .

    去年2月,议会议员多数票支持对儿童和家庭法案的工党的修正案,包括调整为简单包装的权力。

  16. The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act , intended to encourage private space vehicles and services , prohibits the transportation secretary ( and thereby the FAA ) from regulating the design or operation of private spacecraft , unless they have resulted in a serious or fatal injury to crew or passengers .

    2004年的《商业空间发射修正法》旨在鼓励发展私人空间飞行器和服务,规定除非私人航天器对机组人员或乘客造成严重或致命伤害,否则运输部长或联邦航空局禁止规管私人航天器的设计或运营。

  17. The amendment also lowers the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 12 for severe crimes such as murder .

    同时,修正案将谋杀等严重犯罪行为的刑事责任年龄降低至12岁。刑法修正案规定,

  18. The adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act .

    采纳他们的修正案将会减弱那项法案的意义

  19. Indiana State laws deliberately subverted the intent of the constitutions 14th Amendment .

    印第安纳州的法律有意歪曲联邦宪法第十四条修正案的愿意

  20. The 1987 Amendments limit 301 ( g ) discharges to a few well-studied nonconventional pollutants . 1987

    年的修正案把第301条(g)的普通排放限制施加在一些认真研究过的几种非常规污染物上

  21. An amendment outlawing sale of intoxicating liquors ( 1920 ) was repealed in 1933 .

    规定售卖酒类为非法的一个宪法修正案(一九二○年)在一九三三年被废止。

  22. China 's top legislature passed the amendment to the personal income tax law on Friday , raising minimum threshold for individual income tax from 3500 to 5000 yuan per month , or 60000 yuan per year .

    中国最高立法机构周五通过了个人所得税修正案,将个人所得税最低起征标准从3500元每月提高到5000元每月或60000元每年。

  23. Study on Amount and Time of Soil Amendment Applied

    土壤盐碱改良剂施用量及施用时期研究

  24. An Amendment to the Termination Analysis Algorithm for Active Rule Execution

    主动规则执行终止性分析算法的修正

  25. On the Amendments of the Basic Principles for Civil Procedure Law in China

    浅谈我国民事诉讼法基本原则的修正完善

  26. Amendment of Archives law of China in Information Age

    信息时代我国《档案法》的修改设想

  27. The Amendment and Calibration of Test Difficulty Coefficient in Building Test Bank

    题库建设中试题难度的修订和校准

  28. Amendments to Two FFT Programs in Programs for Digital Signal Processing

    而用虚轴平移、比例、颠倒系数变换程序计算则既迅速又精确。对ProgramsforDigitalSignalProcessing中两个快速付立叶变换程序的修正意见

  29. Development and Application of Biosurfactant as a New Type Compost Amendment

    堆肥改良剂&生物表面活性剂的开发与应用研究

  30. Basic Trend of Amendment for Code of Civil Law

    民事诉讼法修改的基本走势

reform amendment conversion reformation 【导航词义:改变】
reform v. 改进,改革
〔辨析〕

指为改善体制或组织而进行的变革。

〔例证〕

a reform of the legal system

法律制度的改革

His proposal was about a much-needed programme of political reform.

他的提案是关于当前亟需的政治改革方案。

Reforms were made to provide a fairer legal system.

为使司法制度更加公平合理而实施了改革。

amendment v. 修改,改动
〔辨析〕

指对法律、文件等进行的较小的改动、完善或补充,常后接介词 to。

〔例证〕

He made some amendments to his speech.

他对自己的演说作了一些修改。

The president is about to make an amendment to the resolution.

总统将要对决议进行修订。

conversion v. 转变,改变
〔辨析〕

指形式、目的、体制等方面发生的改变;也指宗教上的皈依。

〔例证〕

The motel is undergoing conversion into apartments.

这家汽车旅馆正在被改建成公寓套房。

Students should be familiar with the metric conversion table.

学生应该熟知公制换算表。

It's hard to believe his conversion to Christianity.

很难相信他皈依了基督教。

reformation v. 〈正式〉改进,改革
〔辨析〕

指为改善某事而进行的彻底变革,the Reformation 则指欧洲 16 世纪的一场宗教改革。

〔例证〕

He's undergone something of a reformation.

可以说他经历了脱胎换骨般的变化。

What happened at the time of the Reformation?

宗教改革时期发生了什么?

What are the achievements of the Protestant Reformation?

新教改革取得了哪些成就?