alternate的意思

alternate

英式音标['ɔltɚnət]
美式英标['ɔːltəneɪt; 'ɒl-]

基本解释

vi. 交替；轮流

vt. 使交替；使轮流

adj. 交替的；轮流的

n. 替换物

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.

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。

2. Now you just alternate layers of that mixture and eggplant.: 现在你只需把茄子和拌料一层层交替放好。

3. His group was forced to turn back and take an alternate route.: 他的小组被迫返回并选择了另一条路线。

4. Lesley had agreed to Jim going skiing in alternate years.: 莱斯莉已同意吉姆每隔一年去滑一次雪。