核心畫面

Picture a small change made on purpose so a thing fits better — the design stays what it was, but a detail is altered to suit. Modify is that. Grammar borrows the same idea: an adjective sitting next to a noun does not replace it, it adjusts what the noun means.

可以想成:為了讓一樣東西更合用而做的小改動——原本的設計還在,只是某個細節被調過。modify 就是這個動作。文法把更多收起可以想成:為了讓一樣東西更合用而做的小改動——原本的設計還在,只是某個細節被調過。modify 就是這個動作。文法把同樣的概念借了過去:一個形容詞放在名詞旁邊,並沒有取代那個名詞,而是調整了它的意思範圍——這正是「修飾」這個譯法的由來。

From the picture

文法上的修飾

同樣是「不取代、只調整」:一個字站在另一個字旁邊,把它的意思調得更精確。

grammar: describe another word · verb · C1

In grammar, to give more information about another word, usually by coming right before or after it.

(文法)修飾

Also in this word

change slightly · verb · C1

To change something a little, especially to make it work better or fit a particular purpose.

修改;調整

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。

Modifyverb/ˈməʊd.ɪ.faɪ/

  • 1

    informalTo align with the ideology of Narendra Modi or Bharatiya Janata Party.

modifyverb/ˈmɒd.ɪ.faɪ/

  • 1

    To change part of.

    • Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.
  • 2

    To be or become modified.

  • 3

    To set bounds to; to moderate.

  • 4

    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsTo qualify the meaning of.

    • There is inherently no ordering to the modification and no hierarchy of modification: that is, both adjectives modify the substantive and both apply equally to the substantive[…]
    • Adjectives modify nouns.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。