alteration

英 [ˌɔːltəˈreɪʃn]

美 [ˌɔːltəˈreɪʃn]

n. 改变; 变化; 更改; 改动

复数：alterations　

CET6 TOEFL TEM8 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

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。
The unwelcome alteration in their circumstances was after all not altogether without its compensations.
他们生活中这一点不如意的变化毕竟还不是完全没有好的一面。
The alteration of industrial structure is an important factor that affects economic development.
摘要产业结构变动是影响经济发展的重要因素。
But competition, competition-new invention, new invention alteration, alteration the world's gone past me.
可是竞争呀，竞争呀新发明呀，新发明呀，改变呀，改变呀，这世界已经从我的身边走过去了。
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。
We will make the alteration now.
我们将现在做更改。
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。
Have you noticed any alteration in her behaviour?
你是否注意到她的举止有什么变化？
Based on the land utilization alteration data in Shifang City, the land utilization dynamic change situation was analyzed.
根据什邡市土地利用变更调查数据，分析该市土地利用动态变化情况。
Alteration of cell cycle and apoptosis rate was defected by flow cytometry.
流式细胞技术检测细胞周期与凋亡率的变化；