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Alternate 无 Latin Past Participle Alternare Means ɔ:L'tə:Nit

单词 alternate
音标 [ɔ:l'tə:nit, 'ɔltə:.neit]
解释 a.轮流的,交替的;v.轮流,交替n.候选人,替代性选择
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字源 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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