amendment
英 [ə'men(d)m(ə)nt]
美[ə'mɛndmənt]
- n. 修正案;改善;改正
词态变化
复数: amendments;
助记提示
1. amend (法律文件的小修小改)修正案.
英英释意
- 1. the act of amending or correcting
- 2. a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
英文词源
- amendment (n.)
- early 13c., "betterment, improvement;" c. 1300, of persons, "correction, reformation," from Old French amendment, from amender (see amend). Sense expanded to include "correction of error in a legal process" (c. 1600) and "alteration of a writ or bill" to remove its faults (1690s).
考试真题
- MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the 118 power to regulate for plain packaging.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary ( ' , and thereby the FAA) from regulating the de sign or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted in a serious or fatal injury to crew or passengers.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- Amend its 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- They could still invalidate Fourth Amendment protections when facing severe, urgent circumstances, and they could take reasonable measures to ensure that phone data are not erased or altered while a warrant is pending.
出自-2015年考研阅读原文
- The court has ruled that police don’t violate the Fourth Amendment when they sift through the wallet or pocketbook of an arrestee without a warrant.
出自-2015年考研阅读原文
- Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then; they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now.
出自-2015年考研阅读原文
- Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new person
2015年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- 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.
2015年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- They could still invalidate Fourth Amendment protections when facing severe, urgent circumstances, and they could take reasonable measures to ensure that phone data are not erased or altered while waiting for a warrant.
2015年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- to introduce/propose/table an amendment (= to suggest it)
- 提出一项修正案
牛津词典
- She made several minor amendments to her essay.
- 她对自己的论文作了几处小的修改。
牛津词典
- Parliament passed the bill without further amendment.
- 议会未作进一步修改便通过了议案。
牛津词典
- The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.
- 第19条修正案赋予妇女选举权。
牛津词典
- ...an amendment to the defense bill.
- 防御法案的修正案
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a constitutional amendment...
- 宪法修正条款
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- In order to avoid subsequent amendment, please pay attention to the following.
- 为了避免随后修改信用证, 务请注意下列事项.
期刊摘选
- The amendment was then put to the vote.
- 于是把修正案提付表决了.
期刊摘选
- Without a sense of your fault. how can repentance and amendment be expected?
- 如果对自己的错误都不能认识到. 怎么能指望你会悔改 呢 ?
期刊摘选
- Then telex charge , amendment fee, extention fee and other cost outside China will happen.
- 这时会有电报费, 改证费, 延期费,还有其他在中国境外的费用.
期刊摘选
- The amendment will remove the inconsistency between the two laws.
- 修正案将会消除这两条法律之间的不一致之处.
《简明英汉词典》
- The rights enumerated are to be protected, but no new rights be created without constitutional amendment.
- 确切说明的权利要得到保护, 而新的权利则必须通过制定宪法修正案才可确立.
期刊摘选
- It is likely that Japan will maintain the tariffs until the Byrd Amendment is repealed.
- 日本有可能维持上述关税,直至《伯德修正案》被撤销.
期刊摘选
- An amendment fee ofthe revised overdraft limit amount to be charged to the above current account.
- 更改手续费为新透支额之0.5%,并由上述支票户口扣除.
期刊摘选
- Niger's 1999 constitution prohibits any amendment regarding the president's term of office.
- 尼日尔1999年的宪法禁止对有关总统任期的条款进行任何的修正.
期刊摘选
- But you won't find a word about that in the second amendment.
- 但你不会找到第二修正案对这个词.
期刊摘选
- The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.
- 反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款.
《简明英汉词典》
- LOT of data retrieval, can automatically determine certain input errors, Amendment error, display the contents.
- LOT数据的检索, 可以自动判定一定的输入错误, 修订错误, 显示内容.
期刊摘选
- As Ashley had prophesied hell to pay since the legislature to ratify the amendment.
- 正如艾希礼所说的那样,自从州议会拒绝批准那修正案以来,可真吃不了兜着了.
期刊摘选
- The general clause has the function of concretion, equity, amendment and creation.
- 即一般条款具有法具体化功能, 法衡平功能, 法修正功能,法创设功能.
期刊摘选
- I mentioned a balanced budget amendment, in a constitutional amendment.
- 我提出了在宪法修订中采取平衡预算修订.
期刊摘选
- The First Amendment has a penumbra where privacy is protected from governmental intrusion ( Joseph A. Califano, Jr )
- 第一修正案在个人隐私不受政府侵犯方面较为模糊 ( 小约瑟夫A. 卡里法诺 )
期刊摘选
- Insurance Act Amendment Bill provides that insurance companies should be added to the insurance trade associations.
- 保险法修订草案规定,保险公司应当加入保险行业协会.
期刊摘选
- Any amendment to this Agreement shall be made with the written consent of both Parties.
- 二、双方应通过协商一致对本协定进行修订.
期刊摘选
- The specification for Type A 2 washer was a new requirement given under this amendment.
- A2型洗衣机的说明书在此修订版中是一项新的要求.
期刊摘选
- No amendment, cancellation and refund are allowed once booking is confirmed.
- 机票及酒店套票确定后不能更改 、 取消及退款.
期刊摘选
- The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.
- 这项修正案以207票对143票被否决.
《简明英汉词典》
- The First Amendment has a penumbra where privacy is protected from governmental intrusion.
- 第一修正案在个人隐私不受政府侵犯方面较为模糊.
《简明英汉词典》
- The amendment prohibits obscene or indecent materials which denigrate the objects or beliefs of a particular religion.
- 该修正案对贬损某一宗教教物或信仰的淫秽或不雅内容予以禁止。
柯林斯例句