英 [ˈɔːltə(r)] 美 [ˈɔːltər]
v. 改变，改动；（使）变化；改（服装）；改建（某建筑）；<美>阉割
【名】 （Alter）（美、德、俄、以色列）阿尔特（人名）
第三人称单数alters
现在分词altering
过去式altered
过去分词altered
alter /ˈɔːltə/ CET4 TEM4 [ altering altered alters ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If something alters or if you alter it, it changes. 更改
Nothing has altered and the deadline still stands.
什么也没有更改，最后期限依然有效。
make an alteration to
This dress needs to be altered
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
同义词： interpolate / falsify
改变-引用次数：12
The newly created means of editing and publishing will alter the present publishing process.
编辑与发行方式的革新将改变出版社目前的出版流程。
A：他们最想要改变（Alter）的是什么？这个改变包括了变坏以及变好。
另类的，他择性的 alter变更，更改；改建 alternate指交替，更迭，反反复复从一种状态、行动或时间到另一种状态，行动或时间。如阴晴交替，四季的更替； .
... alphabet字母表 alter改变,改动,变更 alternative两者择一,供选择的 ...
功能：为指定的表增加（ADD）给定的字段，或者修改（ALTER）指定的字段。
altered 改变（alter的过去分词）
It doesn't alter the way I feel.
这并没有改变我的感受。
He is unlikely to alter his game plan.
他不太可能改变他的策略。
Nothing can alter the fact that we are to blame.
错在我们，这是无法改变的事实。
Mr.Hatoyama is trying to change that and alter the nature of the U.S.-Japan alliance.
VOA : standard.2009.11.11
And he refers to it as "my justice," "my statutes," no one should rescind them. "My inscribed stela," "my precious words." Do not alter the law of the land which "I" enacted; I, I, I throughout.
他称其为“我的正义“，“我之创制“，无人可以变更,“我铭刻的石柱“，“我的金玉良言“，不要改变,“我“颁布的国家法令，我，我，我自始自终都在。
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You're not going to alter how much pleasur you enjoyed previously, how much suffering you've undergone previously.
你无法改变,从前得到的多少快乐，从前遭受多少痛苦。
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He says the error does not alter the broad picture of manmade climate change.
VOA : standard.2010.01.23
Merging these two underachievers gave Vasella the excuse he needed to vastly alter the business.
The Netflix split does nothing to alter its ability to compete in streaming media.
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In some ways, his wife has had to alter her lifestyle to fit his.
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