alteration
英 [??lt?'re??(?)n; '?l-]
美[,?lt?'re??n]
英英釋意
- 1. an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another;
- "the change was intended to increase sales"
- "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"
- "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
- 2. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- 3. the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification);
- "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion"