amended 音标拼音: [əm'ɛndəd] [əm'ɛndɪd]
adj . 修正的
修正的
amended adj 1 :
of legislation [
ant : {
unamended }]
2 :
modified for the better ; "
his amended ways "
Amend \
A *
mend "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Amended };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Amending }.] [
F .
amender ,
L .
emendare ;
e (
ex )
mendum ,
menda ,
fault ,
akin to Skr .
minda personal defect .
Cf .
{
Emend }, {
Mend }.]
To change or modify in any way for the better ;
as ,
(
a )
by simply removing what is erroneous ,
corrupt ,
superfluous ,
faulty ,
and the like ;
(
b )
by supplying deficiencies ;
(
c )
by substituting something else in the place of what is removed ;
to rectify .
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Mar not the thing that can not be amended . --
Shak .
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An instant emergency ,
granting no possibility for revision ,
or opening for amended thought . --
De Quincey .
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We shall cheer her sorrows ,
and amend her blood ,
by wedding her to a Norman . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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{
To amend a bill },
to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage ,
professedly for its improvement .
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Syn :
To {
Amend }, {
Emend }, {
Correct }, {
Reform }, {
Rectify }.
Usage :
These words agree in the idea of bringing things into a more perfect state .
We correct (
literally ,
make straight )
when we conform things to some standard or rule ;
as ,
to correct proof sheets .
We amend by removing blemishes ,
faults ,
or errors ,
and thus rendering a thing more a nearly perfect ;
as ,
to amend our ways ,
to amend a text ,
the draft of a bill ,
etc .
Emend is only another form of amend ,
and is applied chiefly to editions of books ,
etc .
To reform is literally to form over again ,
or put into a new and better form ;
as ,
to reform one '
s life .
To rectify is to make right ;
as ,
to rectify a mistake ,
to rectify abuses ,
inadvertencies ,
etc .
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