剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - alter collapse

alter
[UK]/'ɒl.tər / [US]/'ɑ:l.tˌɚ/
verb
CHANGE 改变
I [I or T]
* to change something, usually slightly, or to cause the characteristics of something to change
（通常指轻微地）改动，修改；改变，（使）变化

1. We've had to alter some of our plans.
我们不得不对一些计划作出改动。

2. Although long-distance phone calls are going up, the charge for local calls will not alter.
尽管长途电话费涨价，本地电话费将不会有变动。

3. Giving up our car has radically altered our lifestyle.
弃车不用使我们的生活方式发生了根本性的变化。

[T]
* to change the size of clothes so that they fit better
改（衣服使其更合身）

1. I took the coat back to the shop to have it altered.
我把外套拿回店里去改一下。

[UK]/'ɒl.tər / [US]/'ɑ:l.tˌɚ/
verb
REMOVE ORGANS 去掉器官
[T] US polite word for
* castrate or spay

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - alter collapse

alter ★★★☆☆
1.V-ERG 及物/不及物动词改变；变更；更改 If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.

【语法信息】：V

【语法信息】：V n

  • Little had altered in the village...

    村子里几乎没有什么变化。

  • They have never altered their programmes by a single day.

    他们一天也未变更过他们的节目。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - alter collapse

☞ alter
alter / 5C:ltE(r) / verb1. to become different; to make sb / sth different
   (使)改变,更改,改动:
  ▪ [V]
   Prices did not alter significantly during 2004.
   2004 年期间,价格没有大的变化。
   He had altered so much I scarcely recognized him.
   他变得我几乎认不出来了。
  ▪ [VN]
   It doesn't alter the way I feel.
   这并没有改变我的感受。
   Nothing can alter the fact that we are to blame.
   什么也改变不了我们要受指责这个事实。
   The landscape has been radically altered, severely damaging wildlife.
   地貌彻底改变,严重损害了野生动物。
2. [VN] to make changes to a piece of clothing so that it will fit you better
   修改(衣服使更合身)

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - alter collapse

alter verb

• ADVERB completely, considerably (esp. BrE), dramatically, drastically, fundamentally, greatly, profoundly, radically, significantly, substantially He had not ~ed greatly in the last ten years. | slightly | forever, irreversibly, irrevocably, permanently

• PHRASES not ~ the fact that Unemployment has come down slightly but this does not ~ the fact that it is still a major problem.

Alter is used with these nouns as the subject: expression
Alter is used with these nouns as the object: angle, appearance, balance, behaviour, composition, consciousness, course, destiny, environment, fate, form, landscape, level, meaning, nature, pattern, perception, practice, property, reality, schedule, setting, shape, stance, structure, style, understanding, view, will, wording

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - alter collapse

alter verb
⇨ change 1 (It doesn't alter the way I feel.) ⇨ change 2 (He had not altered much in ten years.)

新牛津英语同义词词典 - alter collapse

alter

verb
1 he altered his theories a number of times
CHANGE , make different, make alterations to, adjust, make adjustments to, adapt, turn, amend, improve, modify, convert, revise, recast, reform, reshape, refashion, redesign, restyle, revamp, rework, remake, remodel, remould, redo, reconstruct, reorganize, reorder, refine, reorient, reorientate, vary, transform, transfigure, transmute, evolve; customize, tailor; informal tweak; technical permute.
-opposite(s): PRESERVE.

2 the state of affairs has altered
CHANGE , become different, undergo a change, undergo a sea change, turn, adjust, adapt, convert, vary, transform, metamorphose, evolve, improve.
-opposite(s): STAY THE SAME.

词源记忆 - alter collapse

alter 改变
al-, 异，不同，词源同else。-ter, 比较级后缀。