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Alternate Means Turns Alternative Offering Choice Imply Kinds

正面 8756.alternate
英 ['ɔːltəneɪt; 'ɒl-]美 ['ɔltɚnət]

背面
释义:
vi. 交替;轮流vt. 使交替;使轮流adj. 交替的;轮流的n. 替换物
例句:
1. The three acts will alternate as headliners throughout the tour.这3个节目将在整个巡回演出中轮流打头牌。

1. altern- + -ate.2. => one after the other, by turns.3. Alternate means "by turns;" alternative means "offering a choice." Both imply two kinds or things.
alternate 交替的alter, 改变,轮流。字母n, 插入鼻音字母,方便读音。
alternate (adj.)1510s, from Latin alternatus "one after the other," past participle of alternare "to do first one thing then the other; exchange parts," from alternus "one after the other, alternate, in turns, reciprocal," from alter "the other" (see alter). Alternate means "by turns;" alternative means "offering a choice." Both imply two kinds or things.alternate (v.)1590s, from Latin alternatus, past participle of alternare (see alternate (adj.)). Replaced Middle English alternen "to vary, alternate" (early 15c.). Related: Alternated; alternating.alternate (n.)1718, "that which alternates (with anything else)," from alternate (adj.). Meaning "a substitute" is first attested 1848."

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