喜樂美語
  1. 1nC1/əˈmendmənt/修正案 / 修改

    A small change or addition made to a law, rule, or official paper to make it better or more correct.

    示範例句 · Example

    Our class voted to add an amendment to the club rules so everyone gets a turn as leader.

    逐字我們班投票通過在社團規則裡加上一條修正案，好讓每個人都輪得到當隊長。

    「amendment」指對法律、規則或正式文件做的「一小處修改或補充」，重點在「改一部分、不是重寫」。常用在國會、社團規章這種正式場合，例如 an amendment to the constitution（憲法修正案）。跟 change 比，amendment 特別指經過正式程序提出、被討論表決的那種修改。

    常見搭配

    • an amendment to the constitution

      憲法修正案

      a change to a country's basic law

      The First Amendment to the American Constitution protects free speech.

    • propose/move an amendment

      提出修正案

      to suggest a change officially

      A student proposed an amendment to the club rules.

    • make an amendment

      做出修改

      to change something a little

      The teacher made a small amendment to the schedule.

    • pass an amendment

      通過修正案

      to officially approve a change

      The committee voted to pass the amendment.

core核心畫面

One way to picture it: a line written into a document that already exists. The law is not torn up and rewritten — a clause is changed, added, or taken out so the text works better. The document stays the same document; it just now reads differently in one place.

可以想成在一份已經存在的文件上動的一筆。法律不是整部推翻重寫，而是改掉、加上或刪去某一條，讓它更周全。文件還是同一份，只是其中一處讀起來不一樣了。美國憲法的那些 Amendments（修正案）就是這樣一條一條附加上去的。

同家族的字

複數 amendments

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

amendmentnoun/əˈmɛndmənt/

  • 1

    An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

  • 2

    In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.

    • Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law.
    • Almost half of MEPs wanted to remove the new provisions to expand the use of megatrucks but an amendment to do that failed to pass by just six votes.
  • 3

    lawCorrection of an error in a writ or process.

  • 4

    An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.

    • The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
    • The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
  • 5

    That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.

    • a soil amendment

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