alternate-主題

alternate

[ɔ:l'tə:nit,'ɔ:ltə:neit]

v.交替, 輪流 
adj.間隔的, 輪流的, 交替的 
n.代替者, 供替代的選擇

例句與用法：

She gets Saturdays off in her new job as against working alternate weekends in her last one.

她新找的這份工作星期六放假，而原來的那份工作週末是隔周放假。

We alternate in doing the housework.

我們輪流做家務。

Meetings are held on alternate Thursdays.

每隔一個星期的星期四舉行一次會議。

Sunny weather alternated with rain.

天氣晴雨相間。

詞形變化：

副詞: alternately | 名詞: alternateness | 動詞過去式: alternated | 動詞過去分詞: alternated | 動詞現在分詞: alternating | 動詞第三人稱單數: alternates |

英文解釋:

名詞 alternate:

someone who takes the place of another person

同義詞：surrogate, replacement

動詞 alternate:

go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

同義詞：jump

exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions

be an understudy or alternate for a role

同義詞：understudy

reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

同義詞：interchange, tack, switch, flip, flip-flop

do something in turns

同義詞：take turns

形容詞 alternate:

every second one of a series- the White Queen

allowing a choice

同義詞：alternative

occurring by turns; first one and then the other

同義詞：alternating

of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired

同義詞

interchange | alternating | substitute | alternative | every other | surrogate | every second | swap | rotate | fluctuate | vary | swing | stand-in | fill-in | sub | switch | take turns | spell | take | turns | intermittent | change | flip | jump | flip-flop | tack | understudy | replacement |

反義詞

opposite | consecutive |

以上來源於大辭典