alteration

英 [ˌɔːltəˈreɪʃn]

美 [ˌɔːltəˈreɪʃn]

n. 改变; 变化; 更改; 改动

复数：alterations　

BNC.4349 / COCA.9007

牛津词典

noun

改变；变化
a change to sth that makes it different
1. major/minor alterations
  大 / 小改变
2. They are making some alterations to the house.
  他们对这栋房子在做一些改动。
3. an alteration in the baby's heartbeat
  这婴儿心搏的变化
改变；更改；改动
the act of making a change to sth
1. The dress will not need much alteration.
  这件衣服不需大改。

N-COUNT 改变；变更
Analterationis a change in or to something.
1. Making some simple alterations to your diet will make you feel fitter...
  对日常饮食做些简单的调整就会让你身体更健康。
2. The structural alterations made to the house were planned with Gail's help.
  对房屋结构调整的规划是在盖尔的帮助下完成的。
N-UNCOUNT 更改；改动
Thealterationof something is the process of changing it.
1. Her jacket was at the boutique waiting for alteration.
  她的短上衣放在时装店里，要做些改动。

noun

the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
Synonym:modificationadjustment
the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
1. it would require a drastic revision of his opinion
Synonym:revision
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
1. the change was intended to increase sales
2. this storm is certainly a change for the worse
3. the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago
Synonym:changemodification

Her jacket was at the boutique waiting for alteration.
她的短上衣放在时装店里，要做些改动。
We will make the alteration now.
我们将现在做更改。
The Study and Application of the Remote Sensing Technology on Alteration Information Extraction and Metallogenic Prediction
遥感技术在蚀变信息提取与成矿预测中的研究及应用
However, I can tell you why we have policies governing the alteration of photographs.
不过，我可以告诉你们为什么我们有政策，管理图片修改。
Light reveals the subtle alteration of things, the sly or calamitous impermanence or mortal life.
事物的细微变动，人生的狡猾，倏忽无常，一一都在光中显露出来。
Besides, the alteration anomalies were extracted from ETM remote sensing data for this region.
并利用遥感手段，采用ETM数据，提取了该地区的蚀变异常信息。
Alteration of cell cycle and apoptosis rate was defected by flow cytometry.
流式细胞技术检测细胞周期与凋亡率的变化；
Prices may be subject to alteration
价格可能会有所变动。
An indefinite alteration had come over his whole person and manner.
他整个的人和态度已经有了一种说不出的变化。
This research represents the first time depression has been eliminated through genetic alteration of an organism.
该研究首次代表抑郁症可以在生物体通过遗传改造而彻底根除。