amendment — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Danh từ

1. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

   Cách dùng

   • đếm được
   • không đếm được

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   improvementreformation

2. In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.

   Cách dùng

   • đếm được
   • không đếm được

   Ví dụ

   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. Correction of an error in a writ or process.

   Cách dùng

   • đếm được
   • không đếm được

4. An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.

   Cách dùng

   • cách dùng ở Mỹ
   • đếm được
   • especially
   • không đếm được

   Ví dụ

   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.

   Cách dùng

   • đếm được
   • không đếm được

   Ví dụ

   a soil amendment

Danh từ

1. the act of amending or correcting

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   correctionrectification

2. a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   statement