verb🔗Share改变，更改。 To change the form or structure of."The artist altered the shape of the clay to create a new sculpture. "艺术家改变了黏土的形状，创作了一个新的雕塑。actionprocessstructureessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share改变，更改. To become different."My mood altered after I received the good news. "收到好消息后，我的心情变好了。processactionessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share修改，改动. To tailor clothes to make them fit."The tailor altered the dress to fit the bride better. "裁缝修改了裙子，让新娘穿起来更合身。wearstyleessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share阉割，去势 To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal)."The veterinarian will alter the dog next week. "兽医下周要给这只狗做绝育手术。animalmedicinebiologysexphysiologyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share使神志不清，改变精神状态 To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness."The medication altered her perception of reality, making her see things that weren't there. "这种药物使她神志不清，改变了她对现实的感知，让她看到了不存在的东西。mindmedicineessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share人格分身, 替代人格 (especially in the plural) An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder)."Sarah's alter personalities were very different from her usual self; one was a shy artist, another a confident businesswoman. "萨拉的人格分身与她平时的样子截然不同；一个是个害羞的艺术家，另一个是个自信的女商人。mindpersonmedicinebodyhumanessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share祭坛，神坛。 A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites."The church's alter was beautifully decorated for the Easter service. "教堂的祭坛为了复活节礼拜装饰得非常漂亮。religionritualtheologyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share圣坛，祭坛。 A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary."The students were asked to stand in the alter during the school assembly. "学校集会时，学生们被要求站在圣坛区域。architecturereligionessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share祭坛，神坛。 Anything that is worshipped or sacrificed to."The family's alter, a small statue of a goddess, was placed on the dining room table. "这家人把祭拜用的神坛，一个小的女神雕像，放在了餐桌上。religionritualtheologymythologyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
