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The pants are too long, the jacket too tight and the vest is too short. Looks like your suit is in need of some serious alteration, or adjustment.
No one knows alterations like tailors. All they do is adjust, modify and otherwise alter people's ill fitting clothes. But hemlines aren't the only things that can undergo alteration. Savvy scientists may someday make alterations to genetic sequencing — just like Dr. Jekyll underwent some serious alterations to become Mr. Hyde.
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词根: alter
=other/to change, 表示”其他的,改变状态”
adj.
alterable 可改变的alter其他的,改变状态+able能……的→adj.可改变的
n.
alteration 改造,改变alter其他的,改变状态+ation表名词→n.改造,改变
v.
alter 变更,改变alter其他的→变成[其它的]
altercate 争论, 口角alter其他的,改变状态+cate表动词;该词是alterate”改变”的变体,变得人容易吵→v.争论, 口角
同义词
novelty / translation / distortion / forgery / adaptation / correction / revision
同根词
词根:alter
adj.altered改变了的;蚀变的
alterative(趋于)改变的;变质的;使体质逐渐康复的;有改变体质作用的
alterable可改变的
n.altered为参加短程高速汽车赛而改装的赛车
alterative变质剂;体质改善疗法
alterability可更改性,可变更性
v.altered改变(alter的过去分词)
vi.alter改变;修改
vt.alter改变,更改