考研We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information stored there.

我们经常听到媒体报道说，一名未经授权的黑客能够访问计算机数据库并更改存储在那里的信息。

2013年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级If you want to change his course, you have only a few choices: you can stop him, transferring ( ' , possibly painfully) some of his kinetic energy ( ' , 动能 ) to your own body, or you can approach alongside and slowly apply pressure to gradually alter his course.

如果你想改变他的路线，你只有几个选择：你可以阻止他，转移（可能是痛苦地）他的一些动能，动能 ) 或者你可以靠近他，慢慢施加压力，逐渐改变他的路线。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级If you want to change his course, you have only a few choices: you can stop him, transferring possibly painfullysome of his kinetic energy to your own body, or toucan approach alongside and slowly apply pressure to gradually alter his course.

如果你想改变他的路线，你只有几个选择：你可以阻止他，可能痛苦地将他的一些动能转移到你自己的身体，或者巨嘴鸟靠近并慢慢施加压力，逐渐改变他的路线。

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级There are a lot of existing perceptions about British food and so we can't alter these too much.

对英国食物有很多现有的看法，所以我们不能改变太多。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级We can't do much to alter sedentary lifestyles, but we can provide consumers with great-tasting products, low in salt, sugar and fat.

我们无法改变久坐的生活方式，但我们可以为消费者提供美味的产品，低盐、低糖、低脂肪。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研Menand, is to alter the way in which “the producers of knowledge are produced”.

Menand的目的是改变“知识的生产者”的生产方式。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研An awareness that they were being experimented upon seemed to be enough to alter workers' behavior by itself.

他们正在试验的意识似乎足以改变工人的行为本身。

2010年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

考研The key to reforming higher education, concludes Mr. Menand, is to alter the way in which "the producers of knowledge are produced."

梅南德总结道，改革高等教育的关键是改变“知识生产者”的生产方式

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Excess sugar can alter metabolism, raise blood pressure, affect the signaling of hormones and damage the liver — outcomes that sound suspiciously similar to what can happen after a person drinks too much alcohol.

过量的糖会改变新陈代谢，升高血压，影响激素的信号传导，损害肝脏——这些结果听起来与一个人饮酒过量后可能发生的情况非常相似。

2012年12月大学英语四级真题试卷（1）

四级“We can't do much to alter sedentary lifestyles, but we can provide consumers with great-tasting products, low in salt, sugar and fat.

“我们无法改变久坐不动的生活方式，但我们可以为消费者提供低盐、低糖、低脂肪的美味产品。

2018年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套）

四级Scientists shaped the history of the terms while attempting to accurately describe how humans continue to alter the planet.

科学家们在试图准确描述人类如何继续改变地球的同时，塑造了这些术语的历史。

2020年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

考研The oiling is done with higher wages, well-ventilated factories and piped music, and by psychologists and “human-relations” experts; yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that man has become powerless, that he does not wholeheartedly participate in his work and that he is bored with it.

加油是通过更高的工资、通风良好的工厂和管道音乐，以及心理学家和“人际关系”专家来完成的；然而，所有这些加油并不能改变这样一个事实：人已经变得无能为力，他没有全心全意地参与他的工作，他对此感到厌倦。

1993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Only in the most exceptional circumstances is the lifespan of a patent extended to alter this normal process of events.

只有在最特殊的情况下，专利的使用寿命才会延长，以改变这一正常的事件过程。

1993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Drugs (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter perception, mood, and behavior are known as psychoactive substances.

影响中枢神经系统并改变感知、情绪和行为的药物（物质）被称为精神活性物质。

1997年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研These are the substances often called psychedelic (from the Greek word meaning “mind-manifestation”) because they seemed to radically alter one’s state of consciousness.

这些物质通常被称为迷幻药（来自希腊语，意为“精神表现”），因为它们似乎从根本上改变了一个人的意识状态。

1997年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研For example, they may encourage research in various ways, including the setting up of their own research centers; they may alter the structure of education, or interfere in order to reduce the wastage of natural resources or tap resources hitherto unexploited; or they may cooperate directly in the growing number of international projects related to science, economics and industry.

例如，他们可以通过各种方式鼓励研究，包括建立自己的研究中心；它们可能会改变教育结构，或进行干预，以减少自然资源的浪费或挖掘迄今未开发的资源；或者他们可以在越来越多的与科学、经济和工业相关的国际项目中直接合作。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题