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alternate

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al·ter·nate1 /ɔːlˈtɜːnət $ ˈɒːltər-, ˈæl-/ ●○○ AWL adjectiveadj [usually before noun]  
1 REGULARif something happens on alternate days, weeks etc, it happens on one day etc and not the next, and continues in this pattern 间隔的 every other
alternate Mondays/weekends etc
 The service runs on alternate days.
这个服务机构隔天开放一次。
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In everyday English, instead of alternate days/Fridays/weeks etc, people usually use the phrase every other day/Friday/week etc: 在日常英语中,人们一般用every other day/Friday/week等短语,而不用alternate days/Fridays/weeks
We meet on alternate Saturdays. → We meet every other Saturday. 我们每隔一个星期的周六见面。
2 SERIEStwo alternate things are placed one after the other in a regular pattern 轮流的,相间的,交替的
 alternate blue and red stripes
蓝红相间的条纹
 Arrange the leeks and noodles in alternate layers.
一层韭葱、一层面条地交替放置。
3 DIFFERENTused to replace another thing of the same type 可替代的 SYN alternative
 the appointment of an alternate director
一位候补董事的任命
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al·ter·nate2 /ˈɔːltəneɪt $ ˈɒːltər-, ˈæl-/ ●○○ AWL verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]  
SHAREif two things alternate, or if you alternate them, they happen one after the other in a repeated pattern (使)轮流,(使)交替
alternate between
 She alternated between outrage and sympathy.
她时而义愤填膺,时而同情感伤。
alternate with
 Periods of depression alternate with excited behavior.
沮丧与兴奋交替出现。
alternate something and/with something
 Twist your body, alternating right and left stretches.
扭动身体,向左向右交替伸展。
alternation /ˌɔːltəˈneɪʃən $ ˌɒːltər-, ˌæl-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]
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Origin alternate1
(1500-1600) Latin past participle of alternare to alternate, from alternus alternate, from alter; → ALTER

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