amend是什么意思（amend的用法）

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一、amend是什么意思

1、amend 改善

2、前缀a-同ex-。词根mend,虚假，缺陷，见mendacious, 虚假的。单词mend, 修理，该词缩写。

二、amend的用法

1、amend

2、amend: see mend

3、amend (v.)

4、early 13c., "to free from faults, rectify," from Old French amender (12c.), from Latin emendare "to correct, free from fault," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + menda "fault, blemish," from PIE *mend- "physical defect, fault" (cognates: Sanskrit minda "physical blemish," Old Irish mennar "stain, blemish," Welsh mann "sign, mark"). Supplanted in senses of "repair, cure" by its shortened offspring mend (v.). Meaning "to add to legislation" (ostensibly to correct or improve it) is recorded from 1777. Related: Amended; amending.

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