单词 | unaltered |
释义 | unaltered (once / 4220 pages) adj Unaltered means unchanged. If your parents’ poor opinion of your boyfriend remains unaltered no matter how polite he is or how early he brings you home, it may be because of his tattoos and motorcycle. Unaltered is the opposite of altered, meaning to adjust or change. If you meet a friend you haven't seen in ten years, and she looks the same as you remember, you might exclaim at how unaltered she seems. If you buy a pair of pants that need to be hemmed, you won't be able to wear them in their unaltered state. WORD FAMILYaltered: unaltered+/alter: alterable, alteration, alterative, altered, altering, alters/alterable: alterability, inalterable, unalterable/alteration: alterations/altering: alterings/inalterable: inalterably/unalterable: unalterability, unalterably USAGE EXAMPLESWe left lengthy passages essentially unaltered, but fully rewrote others. Slate(Nov 25, 2016) A purist, he played records from beginning to end, untouched and unaltered. New York Times(Nov 18, 2016) That provision remains unaltered in the new deal. The Guardian(Nov 13, 2016) adj remaining in an original state persisting unaltered through time Syn|Ant unchanged dateless, timeless unaffected by time in-situ, unmovedbeing in the original position; not having been moved uneditednot changed by editing unreducednot altered by reduction unrevisednot improved or brought up to date altered changed in form or character without becoming something else adjusted(especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted changedmade or become different in some respect edited, emendedimproved or corrected by critical editing paraphrasticaltered by paraphrasing revisedimproved or brought up to date |
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