Modification
[,mɒdɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,mɑdɪfɪ'keʃən]
解释:
(noun.) slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; 'a modification of last year's model'.
(noun.) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase.
手打:劳里--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light.
手打:罗谢尔
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Alteration, variation, qualification, change.[2]. Form, mode, affection, accident.
校对:莎娜
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Alteration, revision, variation, qualification, species
ANT:Retention, stereotype, stabilisation
编辑:罗德里克
例句:
- And apart from such steps and the consequent modification of the situation, there is no completion of the act of thinking. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- And it is now well known that he attributes this coincidence to descent with modification. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Turning to geographical distribution, the difficulties encountered on the theory of descent with modification are serious enough. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- After the structures built for the special purpose comes the modification of building already erected. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- In Fig. 64 is shown a modification of the Planté type of storage battery, composed of a series of plates shown on the left. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The Dial Telegraph is still another modification of the telegraph. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Any modification of the relationship of men and women was immediately put out of consideration. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- It may be asked how far I extend the doctrine of the modification of species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- A modification of this was afterward used on the French Atlantic lines for making an artificial horizon to take observations for position at sea. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Thus it is, as I believe, that two or more genera are produced by descent with modification, from two or more species of the same genus. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- It is, therefore, of the highest importance to gain a clear insight into the means of modification and coadaptation. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Isolation also is an important element in the modification of species through natural selection. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- By another modification of the hydraulic press pipes and cables are covered with a coating of lead to prevent deterioration from rust and other causes. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- The physician's son did not accept without modification the view that the philosopher should turn his back upon the things of sense. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Furthermore, I am convinced that natural selection has been the most important, but not the exclusive, means of modification. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Of the species which do change, only a few within the same country change at the same time; and all modifications are slowly effected. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Subsequent changes involved the rotating of the cylinder instead of the wheels and many modifications in the form of the wheels. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- This style of spoon was continued, with modifications, through the first third of the eighteenth century. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Various modifications have been made in the hydraulic forms. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- There have been several modifications of Mr. Morse's telegraph, for the purpose of increasing the rapidity of its action and the distinctness of the marks. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Its distinguishing features are certain modifications in the distribution of the mass of protective armor of the ship. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- But all machines, however complicated in appearance, are in reality but modifications and combinations of one or more of four simple machines devised long ago by our remote ancestors. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The same tendencies apply with some modifications to the clothing of mankind. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Many Inventions and Modifications Resulting in a Wonderful Evolution. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Homoplastic structures are the same with those which I have classed, though in a very imperfect manner, as analogous modifications or resemblances. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Cogwheels are modifications of the wheel and axle. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Subsequently one of these ideas, with modifications suggested by some of the others, was put into successful practice. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- These primary qualities are extension and solidity, with their different mixtures and modifications; figure, motion, gravity, and cohesion. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- We are least likely in the modifications of these organs to mistake a merely adaptive for an essential character. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The Evans system, with minor modifications and improvements, was the prevailing one for three-quarters of a century. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
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