alteration

英 [ˌɔːltəˈreɪʃn]

美 [ˌɔːltəˈreɪʃn]

n.  改变; 变化; 更改; 改动

复数：alterations　

CET6TOEFLTEM8医学

BNC.4349 / COCA.9007

牛津词典

noun

• 改变；变化
  a change to sth that makes it different
  1. major/minor alterations
     大 / 小改变
  2. They are making some alterations to the house.
     他们对这栋房子在做一些改动。
  3. an alteration in the baby's heartbeat
     这婴儿心搏的变化
• 改变；更改；改动
  the act of making a change to sth
  1. The dress will not need much alteration.
     这件衣服不需大改。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 改变；变更
  Analterationis a change in or to something.
  1. Making some simple alterations to your diet will make you feel fitter...
     对日常饮食做些简单的调整就会让你身体更健康。
  2. The structural alterations made to the house were planned with Gail's help.
     对房屋结构调整的规划是在盖尔的帮助下完成的。
• N-UNCOUNT 更改；改动
  Thealterationof something is the process of changing it.
  1. Her jacket was at the boutique waiting for alteration.
     她的短上衣放在时装店里，要做些改动。

英英释义

noun

• the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
  Synonym:modificationadjustment
• the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
  1. it would require a drastic revision of his opinion
  Synonym:revision
• an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
  1. the change was intended to increase sales
  2. this storm is certainly a change for the worse
  3. the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago
  Synonym:changemodification

双语例句

• We will make the alteration now.
  我们将现在做更改。
• There is a structural alteration to the building.
  这座建筑物在这有一处结构上的改变。
• However, I can tell you why we have policies governing the alteration of photographs.
  不过，我可以告诉你们为什么我们有政策，管理图片修改。
• This research represents the first time depression has been eliminated through genetic alteration of an organism.
  该研究首次代表抑郁症可以在生物体通过遗传改造而彻底根除。
• Alterations in the ore district include mineralizing hydrothermal alteration and regional low-temperature alteration.
  矿区蚀变可分为矿化热液蚀变和区域低温蚀变。
• Making some simple alterations to your diet will make you feel fitter
  对日常饮食做些简单的调整就会让你身体更健康。
• In charge of some equipments technic alteration and disfigurement correction, set and update equipment archives.
  负责设备的技术改造及缺陷的纠正，建立和维护设备档案。
• Prices may be subject to alteration
  价格可能会有所变动。
• Besides, the alteration anomalies were extracted from ETM remote sensing data for this region.
  并利用遥感手段，采用ETM数据，提取了该地区的蚀变异常信息。
• Light reveals the subtle alteration of things, the sly or calamitous impermanence or mortal life.
  事物的细微变动，人生的狡猾，倏忽无常，一一都在光中显露出来。