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

• 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。
• Any alteration to DNA that can potentially result in a change in the function of one or more genes.
  任何有潜在性的会导致一个或更多基因的功能变化的DNA的改变。
• The Study and Application of the Remote Sensing Technology on Alteration Information Extraction and Metallogenic Prediction
  遥感技术在蚀变信息提取与成矿预测中的研究及应用
• Prices may be subject to alteration
  价格可能会有所变动。
• The degree to which the human alters the world is consistent and simultaneous with the alteration of human himself.
  人对现实对象的改造程度与在对现实对象的改造中对自身改造的程度是一致的。
• 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。
• There is a structural alteration to the building.
  这座建筑物在这有一处结构上的改变。
• The single alteration in the experiment incorporated the phenomenon of social validation.
  实验中的小小的改变具体说明了社会确认这种现象。
• The heat and pressure from igneous intrusion cause the alteration of surrounding rocks.
  入侵岩浆的热能和压力导致了围岩的变化。
• An indefinite alteration had come over his whole person and manner.
  他整个的人和态度已经有了一种说不出的变化。