英[ə'mend]美[ə'mend]
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词源词根法
【结构分析】amend=a（出来）+mend（错误）→从错误中出来→改过自新→修正=【词源解释】mend←拉丁语menda（错误、缺点）←原始印欧语mend（身体缺陷）=【同源词】emend（修订、改进）
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双解例句
verb(动词)
小知识
When you amend something, you correct or improve it. If you confused your audience when you gave your speech, don't be afraid to amend what you said.
Amend can also describe adding amendments to an official document, such as a constitution or law. If politicians in your state want to address the growing number of home foreclosures, they might amend the state constitution to include restrictions intended to reduce foreclosures. Amend comes from the Latin word emendare, meaning “to correct, free from fault.”
实用短语
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动词辨析
amend，emend这两个词读音相近，均含有“修订”的意思。其区别在于amend主要指对语言通过增、删、改的方法进行修改；而emend则指以找出文稿中错误为目的的“校订”。amend，fix，mend，patch，repair
这五个词都可表示“修理”“修补”。其区别是1.fix是口语用词。2.repair是一般用词，凡是损坏、损伤、故障，尤其是收音机、手表、汽车、炉子等这类的机械装置需要“修理”“维修”时用repair。例如We have repaired the motor.我们已经修好了电动机。Xiao Wang is repairing desks and chairs in the classroom.小王正在教室里修理桌椅。The puncture has been repaired.那个洞被补上了。The house must be repaired from top to bottom.这所房子必须彻底进行修理。3.mend多指修补磨损、穿破、撕毁的简单日常用品，也可用于比喻，指改进行为、修改法律、治愈感情创伤等。例如Let me mend the socks for you.让我来给你补袜子。The child will soon mend if she has enough to eat.这孩子如果有足够的东西吃就会很快恢复健康。The relations between John and David are mending.约翰与戴维的关系在改善。It is never too late to mend.改过不嫌晚。It is not too late to mend the fold even after some of the sheep have been lost.亡羊补牢，犹未为晚。4.amend是正式用语，含有改造人或法规的缺陷与不足之意。例如You must amend your pronunciation你必须改正你的发音。The thief has amended.这小偷改过自新了。It's time you amended your ways.是你改过自新的时候了。The regulations are amended.这些规则被修正了。5.patch指用一块材料把有洞的地方、有裂痕的地方、被穿破的地方贴起来。例如The workman patched the ceiling.工人修补了天花板。This piece of material is just right to patch the roof.这块材料正好可用来补屋顶。He patched all the fences near the house.他把靠近房子的围墙全都修了。correct，rectify，remedy，revise，amend
这些动词均含“纠正，改正”之意。correct指纠正或改正不正确、不真实或有缺点的东西。rectify正式用词，意义较抽象，侧重指彻底改正偏离正确标准或规则的东西。remedy正式用词，通常指在局部范围内进行纠正，尤指对困难或棘手问题的解决。revise指通过仔细阅读、反复思考后而进行改正、订正或修订，使趋于完善。amend书面语用词。指进行更正或改变，使
词根词缀
词根: mend
=free from fault,表示”改错”
n.
amendment 改正,修正amend[v.修改,修订,改进]+ment表名词→n.改正,修正
emendation 订正,校订emend[v.订正,校订]+ation表名词→n.订正,校订
v.
amend 修改,修订,改进a加强+mend改错→不断改错→改正
emend 订正,校订e出+mend改错→改出错误→改正