动 change，transform，revise，alter；名 （姓氏） a surname，correct ；

[例句] 俱乐部已经把会议日期改到1月22号，星期六。 The club has moved its meeting to Saturday, January 22nd.

[例句] “在那儿等着！”凯瑟琳站起身来，“不，我改主意了。跟我来。” "Wait there!" Kathryn rose. "No, on second thought, follow me."

improve，ameliorate，reform，amend，meliorate ；

[例句] 蒙特利尔将要开展市政设施的翻新改良工程。 The retrofit program will be carried out at the Montreal facilities.

[例句] 这些设备经过大幅度的改良，都让人认不出来了。 The facilities have improved beyond all recognition.

change，alter，transform，turn，fashion ；

[例句] 对于现况的不满，不能只是抱怨，要有勇气作出改变。 If you're not satisfied with the life you're living, don't just complain. Do something about it.

[例句] 我真的不明白为什么要改变它。 I really don't see any reason for changing it.

revise，amend，alter，[自] modify，make over ；

[例句] 艾森豪威尔用他的影响力说服国会修改了该项法律。 Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law.

[例句] 只有经过了无数次修改后，约翰才认为剧本写好了。 Only after countless rewrites did John consider the script ready.

improve，make better，better，mend，ameliorate ；

[例句] 教师们如何才能改进教学以激发创造性呢？ How can faculty improve their teaching so as to encourage creativity?

[例句] 我们1980年引进的系统有了很大改进。 The system we introduced in 1980 has been a great improvement.

change，alter，alteration，rejigger ；

[例句] 计算机使得这些图样能够得到细调，并且可以迅速更改。 Computers allow the plans to be fine-tuned and to be altered quickly.

[例句] 裁判的裁定是不可更改的。 The umpire's decision is final.

correct，amend，put right，correction，cure ；

[例句] 改正缺点 to rectify a fault

[例句] 跟辅道员谈几次就会使他改正过来的. A few sessions talking to a counsellor should straighten him out.

transform，reform，remould，remake，alteration ；

[例句] 我费尽心机在做的就是改造、拯救语言。 What I've tried very subtly to do is to reclaim language.

[例句] 我们想把阁楼改造成又一间卧室。 We would like to convert the loft into another bedroom.

reform，reformation，fashion，innovate，innovation ；

[例句] 他说道,维多利亚州仅通过修改传票上的措词这一项改革就节省了四十万澳元. He said Victoria saved $ 400,000 by merely changing the wording on a summons form.

change，amend，alter，modify，turn ；

[例句] 在下面空白处列出你所作的具体改动。 List in the spaces below the specific changes you have made.

[例句] 她的短上衣放在时装店里，要做些改动。 Her jacket was at the boutique waiting for alteration.

improve，ameliorate，polish up，better；

[例句] 洛杉矶穷人的境况仍未得到改善。 Conditions for the poor in Los Angeles have not improved.

[例句] 他关心人类生存环境的改善。 He was concerned with the enhancement of the human condition.

make corrections and deletions，revise，delete and change，revise and finalize，bowdlerize ；

[例句] 稿子几经删改才定下来. The draft was revised several times before it was finalized.

[例句] 拙劣的译本将原作删改得支离破碎. Bad translation mutilates the original work.

adapt，rearrange，reorganize，redesignate，filmize ；

[例句] 编剧帮助他将其所著小说改编成电影。 The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen.

[例句] 这次改编非常好地抓住了库尔特·冯内古特小说的精髓。 This adaptation perfectly captures the spirit of Kurt Vonnegut's novel.

alter，manipulate，tamper with，falsify ；

[例句] 布雷赫特的结论是他的电影剧本已被窜改。 Brecht's verdict was that his screenplay had been mutilated.

[例句] 他们发现这份遗嘱被 窜改 了. The falsification of the testament [ will ] was discovered by them.

change the appearance [face] of ；

[例句] 雇员和工会关系大有改观。 There is a substantial payback in terms of employee and union relations.

[例句] 当我们深入到具体细节时，情况有所改观。 Things improved when we got down to the specifics.

rewrite，adapt，OVR，overwrite，paraphrase ；

[例句] 库尔尼科娃决心改写网球史。 Kournikova is poised to rewrite the tennis history books.

[例句] 我想为年纪更小的孩子改写这篇故事。 I intend to rewrite the story for younger children.

（用作伪的手段改动或曲解） distort，misrepresent，tamper with，falsify，juggle ；

[例句] 少数官员准备篡改规则。 A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.

[例句] 引语可能会被篡改，使用时断章取义。 Quotes can be manipulated and used out of context.

correct ；

[例句] 她着手批改我的作文. She undertook to revise my compositions.

[例句] 备课和批改学生的作业花费了他很多精力。 It took an extraordinary effort to focus on preparing his classes or correcting his students' work.

alter，obliterate ；

[例句] 防涂改身份卡 a tamper-proof identity card

[例句] 会计因涂改公司的帐目而入狱. The accountant went to prison for juggling his firm's accounts.

reorganize，reshuffle，reorganization，restructure ；

[例句] 这次改组涉及龙森先生放弃对公司的控制权。 The restructuring involves Mr Ronson giving up control of the company.

[例句] 首相最终决定反对改组内阁。 The Prime Minister eventually decided against reshuffling the Cabinet.