English Dictionary

emendation

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃən/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable) The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.

日本語の意味

訂正（誤りや欠点を改め、より良くする行為） / 修正（誤っている部分を正しく直すこと） / 改善（誤りを正しより良くすること）

The editor's emendation improved the manuscript's clarity without altering the author's voice.

編集者の修正は、著者の文体を変えずに原稿の明確さを向上させた。

意味（1）

(uncountable) The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.

‘Aye, aye,’ quoth she, and it will be observed that no emendation whatever is necessary to be made in these two initiative remarks, ‘Aye, aye! […]

意味（2）

(countable) Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.

The book might be improved by judicious emendations.

意味（3）

(zoology, taxonomy) An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.

The genus name Uramyia is an unjustified emendation of Uramya even though it uses a better transliteration of the Greek word μυῖα.

emendations （ plural ）