Wendy and Michael fitted their trees at the first try, but John had to be altered a little.

温迪和迈克尔第一次就把他们的圣诞树安装好了，但约翰不得不稍作改动。

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As one writer observes: "Although it is now evident that artefacts are as easily altered as chronicles, public faith in their veracity endures: a tangible relic seems ipso facto real."

正如一位作家所观察到的：“尽管现在很明显，手工艺品和编年史一样容易被篡改，但公众对其真实性的信心依然存在：一件有形的遗物本身似乎就是真实的。”

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And even that may be altered a bit.

即使那样也是会有一点儿变化的。

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A militia group in Ohio posted a video on the Internet of a man with an altered voice holding a semi-automatic assault rifle.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

My path in life was fundamentally altered by just a handful of courses at this place and this was in fact one of them.

在哈佛所学的一些课程,从根本上改变了我的人生道路,这门课就是其中之一。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Senator Kennedy was a champion of liberal causes, and over the course of his Senate career sponsored legislation that fundamentally altered worker rights, education funding, foreign policy and immigration law.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Behind the scenes, Hatfield altered a shoe from the basketball division.

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Smith may have altered a series with one poor decision.

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According to the indictment, Sharpie altered a Times news story posted Dec. 14 and 15, 2010, to read "Pressure builds in House to elect CHIPPY 1337, " a reference to another hacking group.

WSJ: Reuters journalist charged with hacking conspiracy