alter

verb

1. （使）改变，更改，改动
   to become different; to make sb/sth different
   1. Prices did not alter significantly during 2004.
      2004年期间，价格没有大的变化。
   2. He had altered so much I scarcely recognized him.
      他变得我几乎认不出来了。
   3. It doesn't alter the way I feel.
      这并没有改变我的感受。
   4. Nothing can alter the fact that we are to blame.
      错在我们，这是无法改变的事实。
   5. 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. 修改（衣服使更合身）
   to make changes to a piece of clothing so that it will fit you better

1. V-ERG 改变；变更；更改
   If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
   1. Little had altered in the village...
      村子里几乎没有什么变化。
   2. They have never altered their programmes by a single day.
      他们一天也未变更过他们的节目。

1. Little had altered in the village
   村子里几乎没有什么变化。
2. They have never altered their programmes by a single day.
   他们一天也未变更过他们的节目。
3. Barry Humphries's alter ego Dame Edna has taken the US by storm.
   巴里·汉弗莱斯凭借埃德娜夫人一角轰动全美。
4. She is, first and foremost, her husband's alter ego.
   她首先是丈夫的知己。
5. Diet and exercise will alter your shape
   节食和锻炼会改变你的体形。
6. The current division of labor between workers and management will alter.
   当前工人与管理部门的分工将会改变。
7. He is unlikely to alter his game plan.
   他不大可能改变自己的策略。
8. It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him.
   是那条让他改变策略以赢得选举的建议惹恼了他。
9. The fact that she had become wealthy did not tempt her to alter her frugal way of life.
   她有钱了，可这丝毫没能让她改变节俭的生活习惯。
10. He denounces people who urge him to alter his ways
    他指责那些督促他改变习惯的人。
11. In doing translation, one should not alter the meaning of the original to suit one's own taste.
    翻译时不应根据自己的好恶改变原文的意思。
12. Changes like that will completely alter the play from the original "teahouse".
    照那样改动，会面目全非，就不是原来的《茶馆》了。
13. The computer can alter the Serials Librarian and produce a bindery notice.
    计算机可提醒管理连续出版物的馆员，并制作装订通知。
14. This method can alter the data structure of the results.
    这个方法可以改变结果的数据结构。
15. Write permission includes the ability to alter or delete an object.
    写权限包括修改和删除对象的能力。
16. Similarly, each post-sc function can examine and alter the return value.
    类似地，每个post-sc函数都可以查看和修改返回值。
17. You can also alter text from the command line using patterns, replace, and sed.
    还可以使用模式、替换和sed从命令行更改文本。
18. The obsolete ALTER statement provides the same function as EVALUATE.
    已被废弃的ALTER语句提供了与EVALUATE相同的功能。
19. I think we shall have to alter our plan.
    我想我们必须修改我们的计划。
20. So what might alter that precipitation pattern?
    那么，可能是什么改变了这种降雨模式呢？
21. This means you just need to look at this API and alter it slightly.
    这意味着你只要看看这个脚本中的API然后稍作修改就可以了。
22. Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it.
    只有接纳了过去，你才能改变它。
23. Inotherwords, there's no easy to edit or alter that workflow on the file system.
    换句话说，今后在文件系统中没有容易的方法编辑或更改那些工作流。
24. Will you alter this dress?
    你可以改做这件衣服吗？
25. You can alter the size of its event horizon.
    你就可以改变事件水平线的大小。
26. Even if you are able to alter one course of events.
    即使你能改变其中一个过程。
27. Can you alter this suit for me?
    你可以为我修改这套衣服吗？
28. But it does not alter my agreement with the emperor.
    但这并不影响我和皇帝的协议。
29. This section explains how to use the different tools and brushes that alter the Height of the Terrain.
    这一讲讲述了如何使用不同的工具和笔刷修改地形的高度。
30. They say this demonstrates how language can alter the way we see the world.
    他们说，这证明了语言是如何改变我们对世界的观察方式的。

  change alter convert modify transform turn vary【导航词义：改变，变化】

  change v. 改变，变更

〔辨析〕普通用词，可指任何变化，强调与原先的情况有明显的不同。

  alter v. 改变

〔辨析〕常指轻微改变，强调在保持原状的情况下进行局部改变。

  convert v. 转变，转化

〔辨析〕指改变形式、用途、使用方式等，也指改变信仰、观点、态度等。

  modify v. 修改，改进

〔辨析〕指对某物作细小的改动以对其进行改进，使其更适用或更高效。

  transform v. 改变

〔辨析〕指在形式、外观、性质等方面彻底改变，即成为全新的东西。

  turn v. 改变，转变

〔辨析〕普通用词，指外形、颜色、气味、性质等方面发生变化。

  vary v. 变化

〔辨析〕指根据某一情况的变化而变化，也指更改某事物。

verb

1. remove the ovaries of
   1. Is your cat spayed?

   Synonym:    neuterspaycastrate

2. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
   1. her mood changes in accordance with the weather
   2. The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season

   Synonym:    changevary

3. cause to change
   1. The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
   2. The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue

   Synonym:    changemodify

4. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

   Synonym:    interpolatefalsify

5. make an alteration to
   1. This dress needs to be altered