alter vt. 1.变更;改变,改换;改建(房屋),改做(衣服)。 2.〔美方〕阉割,给(雄性动物)去势,给(雌性动物)割去卵巢。 vi. 变,改;(人)变老。 alter for the better [worse] 改好[坏],变好[坏]。 n. -ability 可变性。 adj. -able 可改变的。 adv. -ably
situation n. 1.(房屋建筑等的)地点,位置;场所。 2.形势,局面;情况,关系。 3.(戏剧等的)紧张场面,危急关头。 4.境遇,处境;在一定时间内作用于生物的内外总刺激。 5.【心理学】情境。 6.(特指仆役等的)职业,职位,地位,工作。 7.〔古语〕健康状况。 the close quarter situation (同航向或同速度二船间的)最小安全距离。 the domestic situation 国内形势。 the international situation 国际形势。 the current situation 时局。 the political situation 政局。 the actual situation at a given time and place 当时当地的实际情况。 a difficult situation 困难处境。 a thrilling [tense] situation 紧张的场面。 cope [do] with the situation 应付局势,应付当前的情况。 hold a situation 有职业。 look for a situation 找事,谋职。 save the situation 挽回局势,解救危局。 throw up a situation 放弃职位。 adj. -al ,-ally adv.,-ism n. 【心理学】情境决定行为论。
Soccer ' s top brass gloomily predict the pending doom of the game , but little is being done to alter the situation 足球界要人悲观地预言这场比赛会以失败告终,但也没有采取什么措施来改变这种局面。
The same with magical or psychic power . it can alter the situation , it can postpone the phenomenon of bad luck just for a while ; but it s still there and it will come back later , maybe even stronger 神通或是灵力也是一样,我们只能暂时改变当时的情况,或是延迟一些不幸的现象,但是它还是在那里,过一阵子它还是会回来,甚至可能更强。
His posture - flat upon his back , with his hands crossed upon his stomach and tied with something that he easily broke without profitably altering the situation - the strict confinement of his entire person , the black darkness and profound silence , made a body of evidence impossible to controvert and he accepted it without cavil 他的姿势(身体平躺,双手交错放在肚子上,手腕被什么东西绑着,而他是不需调整最佳姿势就可以轻松挣断这个东西的) 、他被牢牢禁锢着的身体、漆黑的夜色和悚然的寂静,这一切都是无可辩驳的证据,他只能无可奈何地接受。