- 1nC1
/əˈmendmənt/
A small change or addition made to a law, rule, or official paper to make it better or more correct.
修正案 / 修改
複數 amendments
核心畫面
One way to picture it: a line written into a document that already exists. The law is not torn up and rewritten — a clause is changed, added, or taken out so the text works better. The document stays the same document; it just now reads differently in one place.
可以想成在一份已經存在的文件上動的一筆。法律不是整部推翻重寫，而是改掉、加上或刪去某一條，讓它更周全。文件還是同一份…更多收起
可以想成在一份已經存在的文件上動的一筆。法律不是整部推翻重寫，而是改掉、加上或刪去某一條，讓它更周全。文件還是同一份，只是其中一處讀起來不一樣了。美國憲法的那些 Amendments（修正案）就是這樣一條一條附加上去的。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
amendmentnoun/əˈmɛndmənt/
- 1
An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
- 2
In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
- Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law.
- Almost half of MEPs wanted to remove the new provisions to expand the use of megatrucks but an amendment to do that failed to pass by just six votes.
- 3
lawCorrection of an error in a writ or process.
- 4
An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
- The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
- 5
That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
- a soil amendment
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。