英 [ˌɔːltəˈreɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ˌɔːltəˈreɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 改变，变更；（对衣物的）改动
复数alterations
alteration /ˌɔːltəˈreɪʃən/ TEM4
可数名词 An alteration is a change in or to something. 改动
Making some simple alterations to your diet will make you feel fitter.
对你的饮食做一些简单的改变会使你感觉更健康。
不可数名词 The alteration of something is the process of changing it. 改变
Her jacket was at the boutique waiting for alteration.
她的夹克在服装精品店里等待修改。
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
同义词： change / modification
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
同义词： modification / adjustment
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
同义词： revision
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修改，改变；变更
Prices may be subject to alteration.
价格可能会受变更影响。
Her jacket was at the boutique waiting for alteration.
她的夹克在服装精品店里等待修改。
The dress will not need much alteration.
这件衣服不需大改。
What we are not seeing is an alteration, but additions to the language.
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If we had this sort of progressive all-radical alteration, not just minimal alteration, but radical alterations of my memory, my beliefs, my desires, my tastes.
如果我们持续经历剧烈变化，不只是最小的变化，而是自己的记忆，信仰，渴望，品味都发生剧烈变化。
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We know it's an illusion, but we get to live in it so comfortably with so little alteration of the nature of the illusion or of the way in which we negotiate the illusory world, that it becomes kind of womb-like and cozy.
我们知道那是幻觉，但是我们活在其中，如此舒适地,基本不去改变幻觉的本质,也不改变我们在这个幻境中生活的方式，它变得如子宫般安全舒适。
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Wedge said he doesn't think there will be any alteration of his routine between starts.
Fluhman writes of this alteration a little regretfully, as a kind of spiritual sellout.
If a malicious alteration is made in closed source software, it can go unnoticed.
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