modification
英[,mɒdɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,mɑdɪfɪ'keʃən]
英英释意
- 1. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- 2. slightly modified copy; not an exact copy;
- "a modification of last year's model"
- 3. the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
- 4. an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another;
- "the change was intended to increase sales"
- "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"
- "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"