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改变,更改,修改

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Alteration \Al`ter*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. alt['e]ration.]
   1. The act of altering or making different.

            Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath
            in it incoveniences.                  --Hooker.

   2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or
      nature of a thing; changed condition.

            Ere long might perceive Strange alteration in me.
                                                  --Milton.

            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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

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" [syn: {change},
           {modification}]
     2: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a
        garment) [syn: {modification}, {adjustment}]
     3: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration
        and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of
        his opinion" [syn: {revision}]