emend

emend
[ɪˈmɛnd]
verb
  1. [with obj.]make corrections and improvements to (a text)
    校对（文稿），修改（文本）
    ■alter (something) in such a way as to correct it
    订正，改正
    the year of his death might need to be emended to 652.
    他去世的年份可能须订正为652年。
    [with clause]he hesitated and quickly emended what he had said.
    他迟疑了一下，马上对自己的话进行了纠正。
派生
emendation
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin emendare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out of' + menda 'a fault'. compare with amend
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