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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

alternate

英  [ˈɔːltəneɪt]
    

[ADJ, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1. 交替的

    Alternate actions, events, or processes regularly occur after each other.

    双语例句

    例：

    They were streaked with alternate bands of colour.

    它们都带有色彩交替相间的条纹。

    2. 间隔的

    If something happens on alternate days, it happens on one day, then happens on every second day after that. In the same way, something can happen in alternate weeks, years, or other periods of time.

    双语例句

    例：

    Lesley had agreed to Jim going skiing in alternate years.

    莱斯丽已经同意了吉姆隔年去滑雪。

    3. 供替换的

    You use alternate to describe a plan, idea, or system which is different from the one already in operation and can be used instead of it.

    近义词

    alternative

    双语例句

    例：

    His group was forced to turn back and take an alternate route.

    他的小组被迫返回并选择了另一条路线。

    VERB. 动词

  • alternates , alternating , alternated

    1. [RECIP 相互动词] 交替

    When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.

    双语例句

    例：

    Her aggressive moods alternated with gentle or more cooperative states.

    她时而咄咄逼人，时而又显得温和平静或乐于合作。

    例：

    Now you just alternate layers of that mixture and aubergine.

    现在你只用把那种混合物与茄子一层层交叠起来。

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