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al·ter·s 英'ɔːltəʳ美'ɔːltər COCA²⁵⁷⁴⁶BNC¹⁸⁶⁰⁹Economist²⁰⁴⁰⁷⁺⁸
基本双解英英辨析搭配短语近义反义句型用法例句例句
v.改变⁸³;更改¹⁴;阉割²;切除卵巢¹原型alter的三单过去分词altered现在分词altering三单alters
v.动词
vt. & vi. 改变,更改become different; change; make sth different
Verb:
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation;The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence;her mood changes in accordance with the weather The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season make an alteration to;This dress needs to be altered insert words into texts, often falsifying it therebyremove the ovaries of;Is your cat spayed?
v.动词
alter, become, change, convert, modify, turn, vary这组词的共同意思是“改变”“变化”。change和alter有时可以互换。例如: Whatever we do, we can't change〔alter〕 the facts.不管我们做什么,我们总不能改变事实。
He has changed〔altered〕 a lot since I last saw him.自从上次见面到现在,他变了很多。
The weather changes〔alters〕 almost daily.天气差不多天天在变。其区别是： 1.change在这几个词中是最普遍、最不正式的一个,可用于任何变化的过程,而不论变化的性质和程度; alter指局部的、表面的、轻微的“改变”“改动”,修改后仍基本上保持原状; alter和convert都指形式和用途上的局部微小改变; turn指彻底改变,以至面目全非,且常用于朝坏的方向改变; modify指限定在一定范围内的修改或修饰,以使之更完美; vary则指事物或其一部分暂时地或反复地变化,从而使事物各部分呈现不同外貌和特点。例如: When matter changes to a substance different from what it was, the change is a chemical change.当物质变成和原来不同的物质时,这种变化是化学变化。
The plan is O.K. at large, but I suggest it be altered.该计划总的来说是可以的,但我建议做进一步修改。
Pressure varies directly with temperature and inversely with volume.压力随温度成正比例变化,与容积成反比例变化。
All the bank bill was converted into cash.所有的银行票据都兑换成了现金。
Those who were once for him have turned against him.那些原来支持他的人现在转而反对他。
The newspaper turned against the president.该报转而攻击总统。
After he left the university, he became a teacher, but he later turned to translation.他大学毕业后当了教师,但后来转向翻译工作。2.convert可指改变信仰,尤其是宗教信仰; modify指态度变温和。例如: He has converted from Buddhism to Catholicism.他已放弃佛教改信天主教了。
You'd better modify your tone.你最好缓和一下你的口气。
He will have to modify his views if he wants to be elected.他如果想当选,就得把观点变得明朗些。change，alter，vary，convert，modify，transform，turn这些动词均含有“变化，改变”之意。 change指任何变化，完全改变，强调与原先的情况有明显的不同。 alter常指轻微的改变，强调基本上保持原物、原状的情况下所进行的部分改变。 vary暗示不规则或断断续续地变。 convert指进行全部或局部改变以适应新的功能或用途。指信仰或态度时，强调较激烈、大的改变。 modify强调起限定作用的变化或变更。指细小的变化，常含“缓和、降调”的意味。 transform指人或物在形状、外观、形式、性质等方面发生的彻底变化，失去原状成为全新的东西。 turn指外形、颜色、气味、性质等方面的变化，比change更通俗。
用作动词 v.
～+名词alter address改变地址alter attitude态度转变alter conduct改变品行alter the content变更内容alter the course of the bill修改议案程序alter the date改日期alter the design of a machine修改机器的设计alter economic policy改变经济政策alter the existing order改变现行秩序alter external circumstances改变外部环境alter the fact of…改变…的事实alter the forecast of…改变对…的预报alter house改变房子alter look变脸alter the means of production改变生产手段alter one's stand改变立场～+副词alter automatically自动改变alter completely完全改变alter frequently变化无常alter greatly较大地变化alter markedly明显地改变alter materially实质地改变alter obviously明显地改变alter profoundly深刻地改变alter radically根本的变化alter suddenly突然改变～+介词alter for the better改好,变好alter for the worse改坏,变坏alter from Wednesday to Friday从星期三改为星期五alter into a barn改建成谷仓alter to a circular form把它改成圆形
用作动词v.
alter to〔into〕 v.+prep.
改变为,更改为 become different; change; make sth different alter sth to〔into〕 sthWe have to alter the house into a barn.我们不得不把房子改建成谷仓。
The bright boy altered it to a circular form.这个聪明的男孩把它改成了圆形。近义词 make做vary改变turn翻转tide趋势amend修正shift移动adapt改编change变化modify修改adjust调整revise校订rework重做shrine 圣地deviate偏离spay取掉卵巢neuter中性的castrate阉割transform改变correct正确的different不同的convert使转变diversify使多样化differentiate区分falsify伪造，篡改interpolate加入额外的事…反义词 conserve蜜饯preserve保护
用作动词v.
用作不及物动词
S+～+AMy opinion on that question has never altered.我对那个问题的看法始终没有改变过。
He has altered not very obviously.他的变化不算很大。
She has altered much older than before.她变得比以前更老了。
His appearance has altered a great deal.他的容貌变了许多。
As times alter, men's affections change.时过境迁。
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.She is trying to alter the coat.她正设法改那件衣服。
He alters his face suddenly.他突然变了脸。
The little boy altered his behaviour.这个小男孩儿改变了态度。
The plane altered course.飞机改变了航向。
But nothing can alter the facts.但是事实是改变不了的。
Measures must be taken to alter the situation.必须采取措施来改变目前的情况。
The tailor can alter your new coat to fit you.裁缝会将你的新上衣改得合你的身的。
Eaker would alter his behaviour to make you satisfy.埃克会改变他的行为而令你高兴的。
The arrangement can be altered at any time.这一安排随时可以改变。
v.动词
alter常表示局部或表面的改变或变动,改变的范围或程度较小,而本质特性并未发生变化。 alter可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词,用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。
动词98%,名词2%
用作动词But nothing canalterthe facts.但任何东西也改变不了这些事实。
Alter Current Boot Record Serial Number.更改当前引导纪录序列号。
Marshaling the structure can transform the layout andalterthe offset.封送结构可转换布局并更改偏移量。 Study after study shows that putting people into positions of power-- even when the power is temporary, randomly assigned, and not very great-- alters their behavior in predictable ways.
当人们获得了某种权力——虽然这种权力不大，且是暂时的，随机分派的——他们的行为方式也随之出现了意料之中的改变。 yeeyan
The activity of reading itself alters the anatomy of the brain.
阅读本身就已经改变了人类脑部结构。 yeeyan
This, in turn, alters how much of the protein encoded by the gene is synthesised, which can profoundly affect the way the body behaves.
下一条途径是依靠合成来改变控制蛋白质编码的基因，这能更深层次地影响身体的机能。 ecocn
Advice alters the running characteristics of the program's code.
参考建议改变了程序编码的运行特性。 ibm
Anything which alters its environment to increase production of itself is playing the game of increasing returns.
任何改变自身环境以增值自身的物事，它耍的把戏就是收益的增值。 yeeyan
But analysts doubt that it will be able to go much beyond that unless it alters its racial complexion.
但是分析人士怀疑民盟似乎已经走到了头，除非它能改变其种族成分。 ecocn
But what else is happening inside our heads when we slip between the sheets? Here we ask the experts to reveal how sex alters our brain.
但是，我们滚床单时，我们脑子里还发生了些什么呢？我们在这里采访了一些专家来揭露性是如何改变我们的大脑的。 yeeyan
Ever heard of a small fruit that alters your taste buds, making all sour things sweet?
听说过有一种水果可以改变你的味蕾，使酸的东西尝起来是甜的吗？ yeeyan
First-order change involves doing better what we already do, while second-order change alters the core ways we conduct business or even the basic business itself.
一阶变化侧重于把现在正在做的是做的更好，而二阶变化改变了我们从事的事业甚至基础生意本身的核心内容。 yeeyan
If a version change significantly alters the meaning of names in an XML vocabulary, then a namespace change is probably in order.
如果版本的变化明显地改变了 XML词汇表中名称的含义，改变名称空间可能就是合适的。 ibm
If you want to know how learning a song alters genetic patterns, affects mate choice and ultimately influences populations, you can learn that too.
如果你想知道学唱一首歌曲如何改变遗传模式，影响择偶，最终影响人口的，你也可以通过学习获得这些知识。 yeeyan
In the REST world, applications should not respond to a GET request in a manner that alters the state of the application which happens on insert, update, and delete requests.
在 REST世界中，应用程序不应该以改变应用程序状态插入、更新和删除请求时发生的方式响应 GET请求。 ibm
It seems like the ultimate skill to have and make pretty stuff and then add an entirely new dimension that alters everything.
这像是一种最终技艺，拥有并做出漂亮的事物，然后加入全新的维度改变所有。 yeeyan
Now experiments in mice suggest this may be because alcohol chemically alters the fetus's DNA, affecting how genes are expressed.
现在，动物实验显示，这可能是因为酒精以化学方式改变了胎儿 DNA，影响了基因表达。 yeeyan
Sleep deprivation alters levels of the hormones that regulate food intake and body fat and increase hunger and appetite.
缺乏睡眠会改变体内控制食物摄取和体脂肪的激素水平，增加饥饿感，促进食欲。 www.chinadaily.com.cn
Test- driven development TDD alters the process of writing code so that change is not only possible, but desirable.
测试驱动开发 TDD改变了编码的过程，并且这种改变不仅是可能的，同时也是值得去做的。 yeeyan
That alters the ice’s reflectiveness, but the consequences of that alteration are not really understood.
虽然这改变了冰层的反射能力，但那种变化所引起的各种后果还不很清楚。 ecocn
We know little as to how the maternal environment alters offspring programming.
我们几乎不了解产妇环境是怎样改变后代的。 yeeyan |