modify

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mod·ify AW [modify modifies modified modifying] BrE [ˈmɒdɪfaɪ] NAmE [ˈmɑːdɪfaɪ] verb (modi·fies, modi·fy·ing, modi·fied, modi·fied)
1. ~ sth to change sth slightly, especially in order to make it more suitable for a particular purpose
Syn: ↑adapt
•The software we use has been modified for us.
•Patients are taught how to modify their diet.
•We found it cheaper to modify existing equipment rather than buy new.
2. ~ sth to make sth less extreme
Syn: ↑adjust
•to modify your behaviour/language/views
3. ~ sth (grammar)a word, such as an adjective or adverb, that modifies another word or group of words describes it or restricts its meaning in some way
•In ‘walk slowly’, the adverb ‘slowly’ modifies the verb ‘walk’.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French modifier, from Latin modificare, from modus ‘measure’, from an Indo-European root shared by ↑mete.

Example Bank:
•Stories and characters had to be modified to fit a 21st-century audience.
•The original text has been modified so radically that it is barely recognizable.
•These ideas are still used today, though in a slightly modified form.
•We can modify the service for local conditions.
•You may need to modify your plans a little.
•genetically modified organisms
•using a highly modified version of the program
•The office software has been modified over the years.
•The social worker at first aimed to get Mrs R to modify her behaviour, without success.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  change, alter, qualify