alter
['ɔ:ltə]
v.改变, 更改, 阉割,切除卵巢
例句与用法:
I'll have to alter the diagram. I've made a mistake.
我得修改图表。我出了点儿错。
He's my alter ego, we go everywhere together.
他是我的知己--彼此形影不离。
Circumstances alter cases.
[谚]具体情况具体分析。
He altered one of the rooms into a bedroom.
他把一间屋子改建成了卧室。
词形变化:
动词过去式: altered | 动词过去分词: altered | 动词现在分词: altering | 动词第三人称单数: alters |
详细释义:
vt.
1. 改变
Has she altered her mind?
她改变主意了吗?
2. 修改
The tailor altered the jacket to fit me.
裁缝将夹克修改得合我的身。
The tailor altered the coat to make it shorter.
裁缝把大衣改短了。
3. 【俚】阉割, 去势
vi.
改变, 变样
The city has altered almost out of recognition since I left there five years ago.
自从五年前我离开以后, 那座城市已变得几乎认不出了。
alter for the better/worse
变好/坏