Alter

(verb.) remove the ovaries of; 'Is your cat spayed?'.

(verb.) make an alteration to; 'This dress needs to be altered'.

校对:潘西

• They were sanctioned by the authority of heaven, and it was deemed impiety to alter them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• But this did not alter Mrs. Blenkinsop's opinion of Miss Sharp. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She supposed she had a right to alter at her ease. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Not to press you to alter your determination,' pursued the young man, 'but to hear you repeat it, if you would. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• She felt as if the spring would not pass without bringing a crisis, an event, a something to alter her present composed and tranquil state. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• No class will abolish itself, materially alter its way of living, or drastically reconstruct itself, albeit no class is indisposed to co-operate in the unlimited socialization of any other class. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• You ought not to have come today, she said in an altered voice; and suddenly she turned, flung her arms about him and pressed her lips to his. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• His manner appeared to have altered strangely in the interval since I had last seen him. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I passed to the altered days when I was so blest as to find friends in all around me, and to be beloved. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Her perpetual study was to relieve us from labour and to spread ease and even elegance over our altered mode of life. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And his behaviour, so strikingly altered--what could it mean? 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Under these circumstances my first impression altered to a certain extent. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Therefore something had occurred between seven-thirty and nine o'clock which had completely altered her feelings towards him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• There are so many other things in the world that want altering--I like to take these things as they are. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Calypso sighing for Ulysses, observed Crispin, without altering his position; though I dare say it is only the wind moaning through the ropes. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• More than any other generalization it illuminates the currents of our national life and explains the altering tasks of statesmanship. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The nature of things has stamped upon corn a real value, which cannot be altered by merely altering its money price. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• By altering the rate, on the contrary, the proportion between those two values is necessarily altered. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Pray do not speak of altering anything. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Yes, and he--yes, it was Snagsby, said Mr. Weevle, altering the construction of his sentence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• What happens in the course of action neither confirms, refutes, nor alters it. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• One does not blush to show modesty or embarrassment to others, but because the capillary circulation alters in response to stimuli. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Well, that rather alters the case, because I had no idea that they thought so, and I should not have liked to disappoint or inconvenience them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The strength of the blow depends on the hardness of the metal, and when one part is harder than another the workman alters his blows accordingly. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• But the withdrawal alters the stimuli operating, and tends to make them more consonant with the needs of the organism. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• By fire and plough and axe man alters his world. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It alters the whole of life for me. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

整理:劳拉