CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTCHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHERa small change that makes someone or something slightly different, or the process of this change 变动,改动
alteration to
If you make alterations to the Windows setup, save the new settings before closing.
如果更改了视窗操作系统的设置,关闭前要保存新的设置。
alteration in
Have you noticed any alteration in the patient’s behaviour?
你有没有注意到病人的行为有什么改变?
minor/major etc alterations
The King’s Arms pub is to undergo extensive alterations.
undergo ... alterations• The scene of many public ceremonies and processionsprior to the Reformation, the churchunderwent many alterations.• The fortunderwent several alterations before it seems to have been systematically demolished early in the second century.• The body has undergone major alterations.