Picture something being adjusted rather than replaced — the shape stays, a detail moves. Modification is that adjustment. The word points sometimes at the change you can put your finger on, and sometimes at the whole business of changing, and English uses the same form for both.
原始詞典資料7 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。
modificationnoun/ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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obsoleteThe act of assessing and prescribing a payment, penalty, price, valuation, etc.
- Wherein his highnes commandement is, that a graue, wiſe, ⁊ ſage man, ſhalbe appointed pꝛeſident, who may haue yͤ ouerſight of theſe boũds, ⁊ be anſwerable therefoꝛe to the biſhop, his coũſell ⁊ ſynode, ⁊ he to be reſpected reaſonably foꝛ his paines, at the modification of ſtipends: […]
- Mekle Kindeass 2 b. 1 f. and £3 12s 1d . . . . and whatever augmentation . . be ye lords commissioners . . . . for modificaton of stipends and plantation of kirks . . . .
- 2
obsoletehuman-sciencesphilosophysciencesThe form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being.
- Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […]
- 3
human-scienceslinguisticssciencesThe change undergone by a word when used in a construction.
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The result of modifying something; a new or changed form.
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The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment.
- behavior modification officer
- Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
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biologynatural-sciencesA change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
- Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
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human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
- The Chinese word kòutóu had a modification made to become the English kowtow.
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