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词典释义:
amendment
时间: 2023-08-24 09:36:22
六级考研托福GRE
英 [əˈmendmənt]
美 [əˈmendmənt]

n. 修订;修正;美国宪法修正案;修正提议;改善;改进

短语搭配
双语例句
  • The senator proposed an amendment.

    议员提出了一项修正案。

  • The professor made some amendments to my paper.

    教授对我的论文做了一些修正。

  • This kind of organic amendment works very well.

    这种有机肥的效果很不错。

  • An amendment to the bill was agreed without a vote.

    议案修正条款没有进行表决就通过了

  • The Opposition moved an amendment to the Bill.

    反对派对法案提出修正案。

  • The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.

    第19条修正案赋予妇女选举权。

  • Parliament passed the bill without further amendment.

    议会未作进一步修改便通过了议案。

  • Thornburgh said such demands wouldn't violate the First Amendment.

    桑伯说这样的要求不违反第一修正案。

  • The amendment will force senators to show where they stand on the issue of sexual harassment.

    该修正案将迫使参议员们表明他们在性骚扰问题上采取什么立场。

近义词
同根词

词根 amend

  • amendable adj. 可修正的

  • amendatory adj. 改正的,修正的

  • amend vi. 改正,改善;改过自新 vt. 修改;改善,改进

百科

amendment,意思是改进,改良。

释义
n.

a minor change or addition designed to improve something

修订,修正

  • an amendment to existing bail laws.

    对现有保释法的修正。

[mass noun]the formal proposing of changes to a bill being considered by Parliament

(对议会的在议法令的)修正提议

  • it is rare for a bill's main proposals to be overturned by amendment

    一项法案的主要提议因有人提请修正而被推翻,这种情形很少见

  • [count noun]a lobby from industry tried to force an amendment.

    一个代表工业的游说团想强行通过一项修正提议。

(Amendment )an article added to the US Constitution

美国宪法修正案

  • the First Amendment .

    美国宪法第一修正案。

something which is added to soil in order to improve its texture or fertility

(土壤结构或肥力的)改善,改进。

词源

"Middle English (in the sense ‘improvement, correction’): from Old French amendement, from amender (see AMEND)."

考纲分布

9年出现 1

重要程度
  • 100%

    n (法律或文件的)改动; 修正案; 修改

考纲释义
  • n. (法律或文件的)改动; 修正案; 修改

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the power to regulate for plain packaging.

      国会议员在去年2月以压倒性优势投票赞成工党对儿童和家庭法案的修正案,其中包括对普通包装的监管权力。

      [2016年 CET6 阅读理解C]
必考派生词
  • amendmentn. 修订;修正;美国宪法修正案;修正提议;改善;改进

考纲分布

16年出现 4

重要程度
  • 100%

    n (法律或文件的)改动; 修正案; 修改

考纲释义
  • n. (法律或文件的)改动; 修正案; 修改

    英文释义:

    真题例句:

    • They could still invalidate Fourth Amendment protections when facing severe, urgent circumstances.

      当面临严重的紧急情况时,他们仍然可以使第四修正案的保护无效。

      [2015年 英语一 阅读理解A]
    • The court has ruled that police don't violate the Fourth Amendment when they go through the wallet or pocketbook of an arrestee without a warrant.

      法院裁定,警察在没有逮捕令的情况下检查被捕者的钱包或皮夹时,不违反第四修正案。

      [2015年 英语一 阅读理解A]
    • They must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now.

      他们现在必须解决《第四修正案》如何适用于数字信息。

      [2015年 英语一 阅读理解A]
必考派生词
  • amendmentn. 修订;修正;美国宪法修正案;修正提议;改善;改进

  • What about the First Amendment? No. We go after consent.

    那第一修正案[言论自由]怎么办?不,我们从当事人同意入手。

    《The Good Wife Season 7》《傲骨贤妻第七季》

  • So, to sum up: improper instruction; quod est necessarium est licitum; Sixth Amendment. My milk stool is complete.

    所以,综上所述,错误指导,加上“需要即合法”的原理,还有第六条修正案,我的挤奶凳辨述完毕。

    《The Big Bang Theory Season 3》《生活大爆炸 第三季》

  • But first, I will raise a Sixth Amendment issue. I'm unable to confront my accuser, a non-human entity, to wit, a camera.

    但首先,我要提出第六条修正案[美国权利法案],我无法与控方对峙,因为控方是一台非人类机器,也就是摄像机。

    《The Big Bang Theory Season 3》《生活大爆炸 第三季》

  • So they gather here every morning to exercise their magnificent right, guaranteed by the First Amendment to let their angry voices be heard.

    所以他们每天早上聚集在这里来履行他们神圣的权利,被宪法第一修正案保障的权利发出他们愤怒的声音。

    《House of Cards Season 5》《纸牌屋 第五季》

  • We cannot confirm that, nor do we know if he will take over as acting president, assuming the duties of the presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.

    但我们还不能确认,我们也不清楚他是否会出任代总统,履行宪法第25条修正案规定的总统职责。

    《House of Cards Season 4》《纸牌屋 第四季》

  • And, poof, the Twelfth Amendment was born. And it says that if the states don't certify, it's the House that chooses the president and the Senate that chooses the vice president.

    于是,第十二修正案诞生了。里面说,如果各州不能确认选举结果,那么就由众议院来挑选总统。由参议院来选副总统。

    《House of Cards Season 5》《纸牌屋 第五季》

  • We understand that the vast majority of people in this country believe in stronger background checks, because they realize that we can uphold the Second Amendment, and also reduce the violence that is robbing us of our children.

    我们深知这个国家的多数公民都支持更加强有力的背景调查机制,因为他们意识到我们可以赞成第二修正案,并且减少让我们饱受丧子之痛的暴力事件。

    《Oprah Winfrey Speech at Harvard》《奥普拉演讲》

  • If we want him to remove the amendment, we have to be persuasive.

    如果我们想让他撤销条款,我们就得有点筹码。

    《House of Cards Season 3》《纸牌屋 第三季》

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