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单词 alternate
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alternateverb

uk/ˈɒl.tə.neɪt/us/ˈɑːl.tɚ.neɪt/

C1 [ I usually + adv/prep ] to happen or exist one after the other repeatedly:

She alternated between cheerfulness and deep despair.

[ T usually + adv/prep ] to make something happen or exist one after the other repeatedly:

He alternated working in the office with long tours overseas.

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  • In this type of mental illness, the usual pattern is bouts of depression alternating with elation.
  • Throughout the holiday, the weather alternated between rain and sunshine every day.
  • She swam up and down, alternating between crawl and backstroke.
  • Saturdays at the club alternate between 1970s disco and house/garage.
  • The area boasts miles of unspoilt coastline alternating between cliffs and sandy beaches.

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Changing

  • a new broom sweeps clean idiom
  • about-turn
  • alter
  • alternation
  • bastardize
  • change management
  • convert
  • move the goalposts idiom
  • move with the times idiom
  • new
  • new broom
  • onto
  • polymorphous
  • reverse
  • swing
  • transform
  • transitional
  • transmogrify
  • transmute
  • turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth

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alternateadjective [ before noun ]

uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nət/us/ˈɑːl.tɝː.nət/

with first one thing, then another thing, and then the first thing again:

a dessert with alternate layers of chocolate and cream

C1 If something happens on alternate days, it happens every second day:

Private cars are banned from the city on alternate days.

US UK alternative An alternate plan or method is one that you can use if you do not want to use another one.

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Simultaneous and consecutive

  • accompany
  • all the while idiom
  • along
  • along the way idiom
  • back-to-back
  • go
  • in tandem idiom
  • in the process idiom
  • live
  • no sooner ... than idiom
  • once
  • one after another idiom
  • over
  • synchronous
  • tandem
  • the minute (that) idiom
  • through
  • throughout
  • together
  • under

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Changing

alternatenoun [ C ]

uk/ˈɒl.tə.nət//ˈɑːl.tɝː.nət/

US a person or thing that can take the place of another:

David was too sick to attend, so Janet served as his alternate.

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Replacing and exchanging

  • alternatively
  • bargain sth away
  • change over
  • change places idiom
  • countermand
  • fill
  • part exchange
  • pinch-hit
  • pre-empt
  • proxy
  • refill
  • rep
  • represent
  • reserve
  • sit
  • succeed
  • succession
  • supersede
  • supplant
  • swap

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alternately
adverb uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nət.li/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nət.li/

The film is alternately depressing and amusing.
alternating
adjective uk/ˈɒl.tə.neɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈɑːl.tɚ.neɪ.t̬ɪŋ/

alternating moods of anger and sadness
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