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amendment

noun
 
🔊/əˈmendmənt/
🔊/əˈmendmənt/
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  1.  
    [countable, uncountable] a small change or improvement that is made to a document or proposed new law; the process of changing a document or proposed new law（法律、文件的）改动，修正案，修改，修订
    • to introduce/propose/table an amendment (= to suggest it)提出一项修正案
    • Parliament passed the bill without further amendment.议会未作进一步修改便通过了议案。🔊🔊
    • amendment to something She made several minor amendments to her essay.她对自己的论文作了几处小的修改。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • In total 217 MPs backed the rebel amendment opposing the government.共有 217 名议会议员支持反叛者提出的反对政府的修正案。
    • On a free vote, the amendment was carried by 292 votes to 246.根据自由投票，修正案以 292 票对 246 票获得通过。
    • Parliament accepted the amendment and the bill was passed.议会采纳了修正案，通过了议案。
    • She withdrew her amendment and left the meeting.她撤回了修正案，离开了会场。
    • The Senate added numerous amendments to the bill.参议院将很多修正案加到这项议案中。
    • The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments.委员会在起草修正案时没有充分征求他人的意见。
    • The new clause was accepted without amendment.新条款未经修改就被采纳了。
    • The programme is subject to amendment.这个计划还有待修改。
    • an amendment to the Clean Water Act《净水法》修正案
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • important
    • major
    • significant
    • …
    verb + amendment
    • introduce
    • make
    • draft
    • …
    amendment + verb
    • pass (something)
    • ban something
    • outlaw something
    • …
    preposition
    • without amendment
    • amendment to
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  2. Amendment
     [countable] a statement of a change to the Constitution of the US（美国的）宪法修正案
    • The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.第 19 条宪法修正案赋予妇女选举权。🔊🔊
    see also Eighteenth Amendment
    CultureIn the US the first ten amendments to the Constitution are called the bill of rights. Each amendment to the US Constitution needs a two-thirds majority in each House and must be approved by 75% of the states.
    Extra Examples
    • He is simply exercising his First-Amendment rights.他只是在行使《第一修正案》赋予自己的权利。
    • a call to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution撤销宪法第 22 条修正案的呼声
    • They have proposed an amendment to the federal constitution.他们对联邦宪法提出了一项修正案。
    • a constitutional amendment allowing same-sex marriage允许同性婚姻的宪法修正案
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • important
    • major
    • significant
    • …
    verb + amendment
    • introduce
    • make
    • draft
    • …
    amendment + verb
    • pass (something)
    • ban something
    • outlaw something
    • …
    preposition
    • without amendment
    • amendment to
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘improvement, correction’): from Old French amendement, from amender, based on Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + menda ‘a fault’.