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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   modify

   • IPA[ˈmädəˌfī]

   美式

   • v.
     make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme；transform (a structure) from its original anatomical form during development or evolution.

   • verb: modify, 3rd person present: modifies, gerund or present participle: modifying, past tense: modified, past participle: modified

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme she may be prepared to modify her views the theory has been modified to fit subsequent experimental evidence 同義詞 alter, make alterations to, change, adjust, make adjustments to, ... 更多adapt, amend, improve, revise, recast, reform, reshape, refashion, redesign, restyle, revamp, rework, remake, remodel, remold, redo, reconstruct, reorganize, refine, reorient, reorientate, vary, transform, convert, customize, tailor, informaltweak, technicalpermute, rarepermutate, moderate, revise, temper, soften, tone down, blunt, dull, qualify, restrict, limit, lessen, reduce, decrease, diminish, lower, abate, mitigate
   • ▪ transform (a structure) from its original anatomical form during development or evolution.
   • ▪ (especially of an adjective) restrict or add to the sense of (a noun) the target noun is modified by a “direction” word
   • ▪ pronounce (a speech sound) in a way that is different from the norm for that sound.

   genetically modified

   • adj.
     (especially of an organism or crop) containing genetic material that has been artificially ... the world's biggest producer of genetically modified seeds

   Oxford Dictionary

   genetically modified

   • adj.
     (especially of an organism or crop) containing genetic material that has been artificially ... the world's biggest producer of genetically modified seeds

   Oxford American Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   modify

   • IPA[ˈmɒdɪfʌɪ]

   英式

   • v.
     make partial or minor changes to (something): she may be prepared to modify her views the theory has been modified to fit subsequent experimental evidence

   Oxford Dictionary