[with obj.]reconsider and alter (something) in the light of further evidence 更正;修改,修正 he had cause to revise his opinion a moment after expressing it. 他刚发表过意见后就更正自己的意见是有缘故的。 ■re-examine and make alterations to (written or printed matter) 订正,校正,修订(书面或印刷材料) the book was published in 1960 and revised in 1968. 这本书出版于1960年,修订于1968年。 [as adj. revised]a revised edition. 修订本。 ■alter so as to make more efficient or realistic 修改,调整(以便更有效率或符合实际) [as adj. revised]the revised finance and administrative groups. 经过调整的财务和行政管理班子。
[no obj.](Brit.)reread work done previously to improve one's knowledge of a subject, typically to prepare for an examination (英)复习,温习 students frantically revising for exams. 为考试拼命复习的学生。 [withobj.]revise your lecture notes on the topic. 复习有关这个题目的听课笔记。
noun
(Printing)a proof including corrections made in an earlier proof (印刷)改样
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'look again or repeatedly (at'): from French réviser 'look at', or Latin revisere 'look at again', from re- 'again' + visere (intensive form of videre 'to see')