alter 音标拼音: ['ɔltɚ]
vt . 改变,更改,修改
改变,更改,修改
alter 变更
alter v 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
change }, {
alter },
{
modify }]
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
change }, {
alter }, {
vary }]
3 :
make an alteration to ; "
This dress needs to be altered "
4 :
insert words into texts ,
often falsifying it thereby [
synonym :
{
interpolate }, {
alter }, {
falsify }]
5 :
remove the ovaries of ; "
Is your cat spayed ?" [
synonym : {
alter },
{
neuter }, {
spay }, {
castrate }]
Alter \
Al "
ter \,
v .
i .
To become ,
in some respects ,
different ;
to vary ;
to change ;
as ,
the weather alters almost daily ;
rocks or minerals alter by exposure . "
The law of the Medes and Persians ,
which altereth not ." --
Dan .
vi .
8 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Alter \
Al "
ter \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Altered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Altering }.] [
F .
alt ['
e ]
rer ,
LL .
alterare ,
fr .
L .
alter other ,
alius other .
Cf . {
Else }, {
Other }.]
1 .
To make otherwise ;
to change in some respect ,
either partially or wholly ;
to vary ;
to modify . "
To alter the king '
s course ." "
To alter the condition of a man ." "
No power in Venice can alter a decree ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
It gilds all objects ,
but it alters none . --
Pope .
[
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My covenant will I not break ,
nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips . --
Ps .
lxxxix .
34 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To agitate ;
to affect mentally . [
Obs .] --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To geld . [
Colloq .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn : {
Change }, {
Alter }.
Usage :
Change is generic and the stronger term .
It may express a loss of identity ,
or the substitution of one thing in place of another ;
alter commonly expresses a partial change ,
or a change in form or details without destroying identity .
[
1913 Webster ]
121 Moby Thesaurus words for "
alter ":
abate ,
accommodate ,
adapt ,
adjust ,
adjust to ,
alter into ,
ameliorate ,
assuage ,
be changed ,
be converted into ,
be renewed ,
become ,
better ,
bottom out ,
box in ,
break ,
break up ,
castrate ,
change ,
change into ,
checker ,
chop ,
chop and change ,
circumscribe ,
come about ,
come around ,
come round ,
come round to ,
condition ,
convert ,
deform ,
degenerate ,
denature ,
deteriorate ,
deviate ,
diminish ,
diverge ,
diversify ,
emasculate ,
eunuchize ,
evolve into ,
fall into ,
fit ,
fix ,
flop ,
geld ,
haul around ,
hedge ,
hedge about ,
improve ,
jibe ,
lapse into ,
leaven ,
limit ,
meliorate ,
melt into ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
modify ,
modulate ,
mutate ,
narrow ,
open into ,
overthrow ,
palliate ,
pass into ,
qualify ,
re -
create ,
realign ,
rebuild ,
reconstruct ,
redesign ,
reduce ,
refit ,
reform ,
regulate by ,
remake ,
remodel ,
renew ,
reshape ,
restrain ,
restrict ,
restructure ,
revamp ,
revise ,
revive ,
ring the changes ,
ripen into ,
run into ,
season ,
set conditions ,
set limits ,
settle into ,
shift ,
shift into ,
shift the scene ,
shuffle the cards ,
soften ,
spay ,
subvert ,
swerve ,
tack ,
take a turn ,
temper ,
transform ,
turn ,
turn aside ,
turn into ,
turn the corner ,
turn the scale ,
turn the tables ,
turn the tide ,
turn to ,
turn upside down ,
undergo a change ,
unsex ,
vary ,
veer ,
warp ,
work a change ,
worsen
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