Modification
[,mɒdɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,mɑdɪfɪ'keʃən]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Alteration, variation, qualification, change.[2]. Form, mode, affection, accident.
校對:莎娜
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Alteration, revision, variation, qualification, species
ANT:Retention, stereotype, stabilisation
編輯:罗德里克
例句/造句/用法:
- And apart from such steps and the consequent modification of the situation, there is no completion of the act of thinking. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- And it is now well known that he attributes this coincidence to descent with modification. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Turning to geographical distribution, the difficulties encountered on the theory of descent with modification are serious enough. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- After the structures built for the special purpose comes the modification of building already erected. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- 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. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The Dial Telegraph is still another modification of the telegraph. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Any modification of the relationship of men and women was immediately put out of consideration. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It may be asked how far I extend the doctrine of the modification of species. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- A modification of this was afterward used on the French Atlantic lines for making an artificial horizon to take observations for position at sea. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- It is, therefore, of the highest importance to gain a clear insight into the means of modification and coadaptation. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Isolation also is an important element in the modification of species through natural selection. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- 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. 世紀發明.
- The physician's son did not accept without modification the view that the philosopher should turn his back upon the things of sense. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Furthermore, I am convinced that natural selection has been the most important, but not the exclusive, means of modification. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Of the species which do change, only a few within the same country change at the same time; and all modifications are slowly effected. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- 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. 世紀發明.
- This style of spoon was continued, with modifications, through the first third of the eighteenth century. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Various modifications have been made in the hydraulic forms. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- 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·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Its distinguishing features are certain modifications in the distribution of the mass of protective armor of the ship. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- 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. 科學通論.
- The same tendencies apply with some modifications to the clothing of mankind. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Many Inventions and Modifications Resulting in a Wonderful Evolution. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Homoplastic structures are the same with those which I have classed, though in a very imperfect manner, as analogous modifications or resemblances. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Cogwheels are modifications of the wheel and axle. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Subsequently one of these ideas, with modifications suggested by some of the others, was put into successful practice. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- These primary qualities are extension and solidity, with their different mixtures and modifications; figure, motion, gravity, and cohesion. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- We are least likely in the modifications of these organs to mistake a merely adaptive for an essential character. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- 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. 世紀發明.
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