Alteration

(noun.) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment).

整理:苏西

• I suppose the virtue to belong to my companion, not to myself; and observe what follows from this alteration. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The days now passed as peaceably as before, with the sole alteration, that joy had taken place of sadness in the countenances of my friends. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• There is not much alteration necessary in my dress, as you see. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The reasons for this alteration were at the same time related, and they were such as to make further entreaty on his side impossible. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• She was weak, and this alteration was rather displayed in looks and voice than in acts; but it was permanent and real. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• If the acquisition of power in the shape of wealth caused this alteration, that power should they feel as an iron yoke. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• After such alteration it was handed to General Lee, who put on his glasses, read it, and handed it back to General Grant. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Much of the alteration for the worse which I have noticed in him may be due to these. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Mrs. Dashwood again assured him that no alteration of the kind should be attempted. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Properly speaking, we only make an alteration on it by our labour. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Amy had fancied that perhaps a love trouble was at the bottom of the alteration, and now she was sure of it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• But either that event, or something else, had produced a singular alteration for the better in him. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I have a little plan of alteration for your bedrooms too, which may now be performed without any inconvenience to any one. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• An aim must, then, be flexible; it must be capable of alteration to meet circumstances. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Have you observed any gradual alteration in Papa? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He did not believe in spontaneous alterations, but found that every marked change in the quality of beer coincides with the development of micro-organism s. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• This tax was afterwards repealed, and in the room of it was established the window-tax, which has undergone two several alterations and augmentations. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• We landed at Philadelphia the 11th of October, where I found sundry alterations. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The last news is that the alterations in his house will occupy from four to six months before they can be properly completed. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I have heard the story, said Fitzurse, though either the Prior or thou has made some singular alterations in date and circumstances. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• You think it would do with these alterations, then? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I proposed some reasonable alterations in their _chapel_[8] laws, and carried them against all opposition. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• These cranes facilitate the work of the tool construction department by carrying cumbersome parts of machinery to and from it for alterations and repairs. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• We'll take this (editors never say I), if you don't object to a few alterations. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The alterations in the conditions of warfare are already much profounder than such authorities as Sir Louis Jackson suspect. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It is a method for dealing with conditions so as to effect desirable alterations in them. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Development, in short, has taken place by the entrance of shortcuts and alterations in the prior scheme of growth. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Time had made great alterations in her form since I had last beheld her. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Pending the alterations, as I understand. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I thought perhaps the alterations had disturbed some old associations he valued. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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