| 单词 | altered |
| 释义 | altered (once / 303 pages) adj Something altered is changed. Your recently altered appearance, including a new short haircut and stylish new clothes, might surprise your grandparents when they pick you up at the airport. Altered is an adjective that describes anything that's been changed or modified. You might need altered clothing after you succeed at your diet, or feel like you are in an "altered state" after you've been hypnotized. Altered behavior is behavior you have changed, like the altered habits of your housebroken dog. Altered comes from the Medieval Latin alterare, or "to change." WORD FAMILYaltered: unaltered+/alter: alterable, alteration, alterative, altered, altering, alters/alterable: alterability, inalterable, unalterable/alteration: alterations/altering: alterings/inalterable: inalterably/unalterable: unalterability, unalterably USAGE EXAMPLESEven if he accomplishes only half, the landscape of American politics and policy will be radically altered. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) The stunt was a throwback to Jan. 1, 1976, when the prankster Daniel N. Finegood altered the letters in the same way. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The same judges ordered legislators to draw new boundaries by March and hold a November special election in the altered districts. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj changed in form or character without becoming something else the altered policy promised success following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens Syn|Ant adjusted (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted changedmade or become different in some respect edited, emendedimproved or corrected by critical editing paraphrasticaltered by paraphrasing revisedimproved or brought up to date unaltered, unchanged remaining in an original state dateless, timelessunaffected by time in-situ, unmovedbeing in the original position; not having been moved uneditednot changed by editing unreducednot altered by reduction unrevisednot improved or brought up to date 2adj changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose instructions altered to suit the children's different ages Syn adapted modified changed in form or character 3adj having testicles or ovaries removed Syn neutered castrated, unsexed deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes |
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