| 词汇 | altering |
| 释义 | altering present participle ofalter alter verb uk /ˈɒl.tər/ us /ˈɑːl.tɚ/ alterverb (CHANGE)B2[ 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 We've had to alter some of our plans.我们不得不对一些计划作了改动。 Although the cost of making phone calls is going up, the charge for connecting to the internet will not alter.尽管话费上涨了，上网费不会变。 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。 to make different changeShe'll always be like that - you can't change her. alterWe've had to alter our plans. varyTry to vary the children's diet a little. convertWe're going to convert the spare bedroom into an office. turn intoThere are plans to turn his latest book into a film. transformThe riverside area has been transformed into a shopping and sports complex. [ T ] to change the size of clothes so that they fit better: 改动（衣服使其更合身） I took the coat back to the shop to have it altered.我把外套拿回店里去改一下。 Even a clear finish will alter the colour of wood slightly.即使是最后一道清漆也会使木头的颜色发生轻微的改变。 These are radical changes which will alter the complexion of the British contemporary dance scene.这些变化非常大，将会彻底改变英国当代舞蹈界的格局。 You can alter the whole appearance of a room just by lighting it in a certain way. Closing the factory would irrevocably alter the character of the local community for the worse.关闭工厂将不可逆转地改变当地社区的特征，使其变糟。 Drugs can alter your perception of reality.毒品会改变你对现实的感知。 Changing about-face about-turn alterable altered alternate churn make an about-turn make something into something malleable meta metamorphose morph mutate pervert revolutionize rollback rotation rotational sanitization transcribe alterverb (REMOVE ORGANS)[ T ]US polite word forcastrate or spay阉割，切除 Zoology: veterinary medicine acaricide altered animal doctor anti-rabies bovine spongiform encephalopathy castrate cowpox foam lame leptospirosis mange mangy mpox neutered nosema put something to sleepidiom put something/someone down scrapie veterinary worm Examples of alteringaltering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Environmental experience also can affect brain chemistry by altering neurotransmitter synthesis, transmitter receptor synthesis, and transmitter uptake systems. Our sensitivity analysis involves altering these baseline assumptions within realistic limits and observing the consequences for the results. In other words, by altering serotonin terminal development, prenatal exposure alters events weeks downstream from the exposure. Most of the sound files produced from the original bicycle bell are transformed primarily by altering their pitch, which in turn changes their speed. If change were radical, we would expect evidence and analysis on the process of altering the colonato system in the interests of new sugarcane mills. By electronically altering her speaking and singing into male and female voices, she deconstructed myths of modern life. Self-regulation occurs as a person interacts with his or her environment, selecting or altering behavior or the environment in a manner that maximizes adaptation. We suggest that interaction of these macromolecules with the surface of schistosomula profoundly modifies the properties of the complete tegument, possibly by altering membrane-cytoskeletal interactions. The mass membership of the party can prevent the parliamentary party, and particularly the leader, from altering the party's ideological stance. Altering developmental trajectories in mice by restricted index selection. In some sense, this tight coupling and limited scripting abilities have introduced pratical limitations for altering modeling schemes. Thus, altering the local rigidity of a channel protein during a simulation is likely to influence the dynamics and energetics of permeation. Therefore, induction of some of these genes suggests that the aphid may be altering the oxidative status of the plant. Some genetic defects in the mouse can be rescued by making aggregation chimeras and thus altering the microenvironment of the defective cells. Microstructures of ultralow-density foam plastics obtained by altering the coagulant alcohol. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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