| 释义 |
▪ I. amending, vbl. n.|əˈmɛndɪŋ|
[f. amend + -ing1.]
The action of freeing from faults, correcting, reforming, repairing, making good; amendment. (Now mostly gerundial.)
c1315Shoreham Ps. xxiii. 4 Thy discipline and thyn amendyng conforted me. 1340Ayenb. 180 After the ssrifte comþ ynoȝbote, þet is þe amendinge. 1435in Heath Grocers' Comp. (1869) 417 Amendyng of banneres, and hire of barges..iiijlb. vjs. iiid. 1570R. Ascham Scholem. (Arb.) 28 Heedefull amending of faultes. 1620Venner Via Recta v. 85 For amending of a dry constitution..it is..of singular efficacy. 1622Callis Stat. Sewers (1824) 110 The repairing and amending of bridges. 1656Artif. Beauty (1662) 214 Concealings or amendings of what is..amiss. Mod. Prove your repentance by amending your life.
▪ II. amending, ppl. a.|əˈmɛndɪŋ|
[f. amend + -ing2.]
Correcting, reforming, improving.
1641Milton Ch. Govt. vii. (1851) 133 The unsetl'd estate of a Church, while it lies under the amending hand. 1771Burke Powers of Juries Wks. X. 128 Blessed be the amending hand. 1873Stratmann O.E. Dict. Pref., Few lines in which the amending hand is not visible. |
