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alteration 音标拼音: [,ɔltɚ'eʃən] n. 改变,更改,修改 改变,更改,修改 alteration n 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" [synonym: {change}, {alteration}, {modification}] 2: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) [synonym: {alteration}, {modification}, {adjustment}] 3: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" [synonym: {revision}, {alteration}] Alteration \Al`ter*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. alt['e]ration.] 1. The act of altering or making different. [1913 Webster] Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. [1913 Webster] Ere long might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who had been slaves; by which, and succeeding alterations, that council degenerated into a most corrupt. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 94 Moby Thesaurus words for "alteration":
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