首页英语词典alterationalteration英英释意

alteration

英[ɔːltə'reɪʃ(ə)n;'ɒl-] 美[,ɔltə'reʃən]
  • n. 修改,改变;变更

英英释意


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