alt转换键 alter
alter ['ɔ:ltə]
vt. 改变，更改
vi. 改变；修改
alternate：['ɔltɚnɪt]
vi. 交替；轮流
vt. 使交替；使轮流
adj. 交替的；轮流的
n. 替换物

词组
alternate between 在两种状态中交替变化；时而…时而…
alternate name 又名
alternate energy 替代能源
alternate days 隔日

美剧风采
Well, I assume she meant the two of you together would constitute a couple that others might consider cute.
An alternate and somewhat less likely interpretation is that you could manufacture one.
我想她的意思是，你们两个在一起可以组成情侣,并且令其他人觉得你们甜蜜。
另一个不太可能的解释是,你们可以制造一对情侣。

外刊精华
The weather had been unsettled throughout the day with alternate rain and sunshine.(2002 The New York Times)
整个一天的天气很不稳定，时而下雨时而晴。

昨日重现
2003.12CET-6
Professor Smith and Professor Brown will _____ in presenting the series of lectures on American literature.

A.alter
B.alternate
C.substitute
D.exchange

答案B

TEM-4
Hearing the news, they are _____ joy and sorrow.

A.alternatively
B.alternately
C.jointly
D.mutually
【参考译文】听到这消息, 他们悲喜交集。【试题分析】本题为难词及形近词词义辨析题。【详细解答】听到消息后, 不是两者择一高兴或悲伤(不能这样表达), 只能是既…既结构, alternately意为交替地, 而alternatively意为两者择其一地, jointly指联合地, 共同地; mutually意为相互地, 彼此地。

趣味单词

digital digit手指头 decade dig
decathlon[di'kæθlɔn]十项全能
decimal['desiməl] 十进位的;小数的；小数[C]

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