Alter statement
[计] 修改语句
🧩 词语组成解析
alter
['ɔ:ltə]
vt. 改变;更改;改建（房屋）;（人）变老;
vi. 改变;修改;
statement
['stetmənt]
n. 声明;（思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现;（文字）陈述;结算单;
vi. （英国）对儿童进行特殊教育评估认定;
vt. 申请（小孩）有特殊教育需要;
state陈述+ment表名词→站着说话→声明立场
🗣️ 情景例句
No, it's an original. My father's friend is a calligrapher, and I had him make it for you.
没错，这可是真迹。我父亲的朋友是书法家，专门帮你写的。
She was flattered at the invitation.
她受到邀请，不胜荣幸。
The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.
事实上搜寻工作很困难，因为常常是早晨在甲地发现那只美洲狮，晚上却在20英里外的乙地发现它的踪迹。