alternate

1. V-RECIP When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other. 交替

Her aggressive moods alternated with gentle or more cooperative states. 她的挑釁情緒與溫和或更為合作的情緒互相交替。

Now you just alternate layers of that mixture and eggplant. 現(xiàn)在你只用把那種混合物與茄子一層層交疊起來。

2. ADJ Alternate actions, events, or processes regularly occur after each other. 交替的[ADJ n]

They were streaked with alternate bands of colour. 他們都帶有色彩交替相間的條紋。

3. alternatelyADV 交替地

He could alternately bully and charm people. 他能時(shí)而欺負(fù)人，時(shí)而吸引人。

4. ADJ If something happens on alternate days, it happens on one day, then happens on every second day after that. In the same way, something can happen in alternate weeks, years, or other periods of time. 間隔的[ADJ n]

Lesley had agreed to Jim going skiing in alternate years. 萊斯麗已經(jīng)同意了吉姆隔年去滑雪。

5. ADJ You use alternate to describe a plan, idea, or system which is different from the one already in operation and can be used instead of it. 供替換的[ADJ n]

His group was forced to turn back and take an alternate route. 他的小組被迫返回并采用了替代路線。

6. N-COUNT An alternate is a person or thing that replaces another, and can act or be used instead of them. 替補(bǔ)[美國英語]

In most jurisdictions, twelve jurors and two alternates are chosen. 在大多數(shù)審判中，12名陪審員和2名替補(bǔ)人員會(huì)被選出。