修改衣服
把「只動一部分」放到衣服上：布料和款式都不動，只改長度或寬窄，讓它合身——衣服還是同一件。
alter clothing · verb · B2
to make a piece of clothing longer, shorter, or wider so that it fits the person who wears it.
修改（衣服）
核心畫面
Picture a thing being adjusted rather than replaced: some parts move, the rest stays, and afterwards it is still recognisably the same thing. That partialness is the whole point of the word — which is why the tailor's job, taking in a seam so a jacket fits you, sits inside it so naturally.
可以想成：一樣東西被調整，而不是被換掉——動了其中幾個地方，其餘照舊，改完之後你還是認得出它是原來那個。「只動一部分…更多收起
可以想成：一樣東西被調整，而不是被換掉——動了其中幾個地方，其餘照舊，改完之後你還是認得出它是原來那個。「只動一部分」正是這個字的重點；也正因為如此，裁縫把外套的縫線收一收讓你穿得合身，用的就是同一個字。From the picture
Also in this word
alter, change · verb · B2
to make something different, or to become different, usually in some parts and not in every way.
改變
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
alterverb詞源 1/ˈɒl.tə/
- 1
To change the form or structure of.
- Near-synonym: tweak
- No power in Venice can alter a decree.
- 2
To become different.
- […] Passing the song of the hermit bird and the tallying song of my soul, / Victorious song, death’s outlet song, yet varying ever-altering song, […]
- All of these statistics are expected to alter, however, as they are altering in nearly all demographic areas.
- 3
To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- 4
To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- 5
To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
- We don't know if he was altered on alcohol or drugs or anything […]
alternoun詞源 2/ˈɒl.tə/
- 1
human-sciencespsychologysciencesOne of the personalities, identities, or selves in a person with dissociative identity disorder or another form of multiplicity.
- While the second goal would be best met if each alter were coconscious, the defendant should be satisfied if at least one competent alter is present to hear what transpires.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。