amendment
英 [ə'men(d)m(ə)nt]
美 [ə'mɛndmənt]
英語の語源
- amendment (n.)
- early 13c., "betterment, improvement;" c. 1300, of persons, "correction, reformation," from Old French amendment, from amender (see amend). Sense expanded to include "correction of error in a legal process" (c. 1600) and "alteration of a writ or bill" to remove its faults (1690s).
例文
- 1. Mr.Helm plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment .
- ヘルム氏は、同法案が憲法第1改正案に違反していることを声明するつもりだ。
- 2.A constitutional amendment precrudes any president from serving more than two terms.
- いずれの大統領も2期を超えてはならない憲法改正案。
- 3.Even if the amendment is passed it can be defeated judicially.
- 修正案が可決されても、司法ルートを通じて廃止される可能性がある。
- 4.Parliament gained certain rights of amendment .
- 議会は一定の修正権利を得ている。/
- 5.He tried to push the amendment through Parliament.
- 彼は議会にこの改正案の可決を促した。/
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