(单词翻译:单击)
词汇练习
第一题：选择正确的单词填入句子。
alter, change, convert, modify
Our city has been ___1___ all the time since our childhood.
You'd better ___2___ the term of the contract.
They decided to ___3___ their old house into a new one.
These dresses are too short, so they must be ___4___.
第二题：请用以下词组造句
apart from, lay/put/set apart …… for
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答案：
第一题：
1. changing
2. modify
3. convert
4. altered
第二题：
apart from: All the children stood up apart from Jane.
lay/put/set apart …… for: The old woman set some of the money apart for sickness.
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词汇详解
1. alter 指衣服等作部分改变或变动
I'll have to alter the diagram. I've made a mistake.
我得修改图表. 我出了点儿错.
2. change 指位置、性质等改变，常与into连用表示“变为……”
Her expression changed when she heard the news.
她听到这一消息时表情就变了。
3. convert 表示事物的外表及用途、功能方面所发生的次要变化，非本质上的巨大变化。也常与into连用
The old barn we bought to convert into flats was practically tumbling down.
那个旧谷仓我们买下想改建住房的, 实际上已经快塌了.
4. modify 修改，较正式，常用以表示意见、计划、条件或形式、质量方面不大的修改变化
He'll have to modify his views if he wants to be elected.
他要想当选就得把观点改得缓和些.
5. apart from 且不说，除了……
She keeps herself apart from (ie does not mix with) other people.
她与别人保持距离（不与别人混在一起）.
For reasons he could not explain he was made to feel different, set apart, from the other boys.
由于某些他无法解释的原因，使他感觉与他的孩子不同。
