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alternations

/ˌɔltərˈneɪʃənz/ /ˌæltərˈneɪʃənz/

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noun

交替，更迭。

The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence

Examples :

"alternation between night shifts and day shifts"

夜班和白班的交替

time process frequency nature phenomena

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noun

应答唱和

The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.

Examples :

"The church service featured beautiful alternations, with the congregation responding to the minister's sermon in a call-and-response style. "

教堂礼拜仪式中穿插着优美的应答唱和，会众用一呼一应的方式回应牧师的讲道。

religion ritual communication

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noun

元音变换，词根元音交替。

Examples :

"The past tense forms of some verbs, like "sing, sang, sung," show clear alternations in the vowel sound. "

有些动词的过去式形式，比如 “sing, sang, sung”，清楚地显示了词根元音的元音变换。

language linguistics grammar phonetics

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noun

句法变换, 句法选择.

A pattern by which more than one construct is possible, as with "Alice cooked Bob dinner" and "Alice cooked dinner for Bob".

Examples :

"dative alternation; locative alternation"

与格句法变换; 方位句法变换

grammar language linguistics

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noun

或，逻辑或。

The "inclusive or" truth function.

Examples :

"The teacher allowed alternations; students could choose to write their essay on either the book or the movie, or even both. "

老师允许使用或运算；学生可以选择写关于书或者电影的论文，或者甚至两者都写。

logic math philosophy language computing

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noun

交替，轮换，更迭。

A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values; sometimes incorrectly used to mean permutation.

Examples :

"The stock market showed unpredictable alternations between gains and losses throughout the day. "

今天股市表现出无法预测的涨跌交替。

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noun

选择，替换。

A construct in a regular expression that can match any of several specified subexpressions.

Examples :

"The search query used alternations to find either "cat" or "dog" in the documents. "

这个搜索查询使用了选择匹配，可以在文档中查找“猫”或者“狗”。

computing language technical

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noun

交错，交替。

A type of partial truncation of a polygon, polyhedron or tiling in which alternate vertices are removed.

Examples :

"The visual effect of the alternating black and white squares in a checkerboard can be seen as alternations of colored tiles. "

棋盘上黑白方块交替出现的视觉效果可以看作是彩色瓷砖的一种交错排列。