Alteration
[ɔːltə'reɪʃ(ə)n;'ɒl-] or [,ɔltə'reʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment).
整理:苏西--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of altering or making different.
(n.) The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. Change, variation, mutation, vicissitude, modification, deviation, variance, turn.
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同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Variation, difference, diversification, shifting, modification, change,permutation, mutation, mutability
ANT:Retention, perpetuation, conservation, changelessness, identity, stabilisation,{[nxity]?}, permanence
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例句/造句/用法:
- I suppose the virtue to belong to my companion, not to myself; and observe what follows from this alteration. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The days now passed as peaceably as before, with the sole alteration, that joy had taken place of sadness in the countenances of my friends. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- There is not much alteration necessary in my dress, as you see. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The reasons for this alteration were at the same time related, and they were such as to make further entreaty on his side impossible. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- She was weak, and this alteration was rather displayed in looks and voice than in acts; but it was permanent and real. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- If the acquisition of power in the shape of wealth caused this alteration, that power should they feel as an iron yoke. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- After such alteration it was handed to General Lee, who put on his glasses, read it, and handed it back to General Grant. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Much of the alteration for the worse which I have noticed in him may be due to these. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Mrs. Dashwood again assured him that no alteration of the kind should be attempted. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Properly speaking, we only make an alteration on it by our labour. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Amy had fancied that perhaps a love trouble was at the bottom of the alteration, and now she was sure of it. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- But either that event, or something else, had produced a singular alteration for the better in him. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I have a little plan of alteration for your bedrooms too, which may now be performed without any inconvenience to any one. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- An aim must, then, be flexible; it must be capable of alteration to meet circumstances. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Have you observed any gradual alteration in Papa? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He did not believe in spontaneous alterations, but found that every marked change in the quality of beer coincides with the development of micro-organism s. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- This tax was afterwards repealed, and in the room of it was established the window-tax, which has undergone two several alterations and augmentations. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- We landed at Philadelphia the 11th of October, where I found sundry alterations. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The last news is that the alterations in his house will occupy from four to six months before they can be properly completed. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I have heard the story, said Fitzurse, though either the Prior or thou has made some singular alterations in date and circumstances. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- You think it would do with these alterations, then? 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I proposed some reasonable alterations in their _chapel_[8] laws, and carried them against all opposition. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- These cranes facilitate the work of the tool construction department by carrying cumbersome parts of machinery to and from it for alterations and repairs. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- We'll take this (editors never say I), if you don't object to a few alterations. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The alterations in the conditions of warfare are already much profounder than such authorities as Sir Louis Jackson suspect. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It is a method for dealing with conditions so as to effect desirable alterations in them. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Development, in short, has taken place by the entrance of shortcuts and alterations in the prior scheme of growth. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Time had made great alterations in her form since I had last beheld her. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Pending the alterations, as I understand. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I thought perhaps the alterations had disturbed some old associations he valued. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
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