| 词组 | alternate |
| 释义 | alternate Bernstein 1965 tells us this verb takes with, but that is only half the story. One person or one thing may alternate with another or others; one person or thing may alternate between (usually) two things. Some examples of with: • ... the popluation has in fact pressed close upon the food supply, and security has alternated with famine —Lewis Mumford, Technics and Civilization, 1934 • The plan enabled Robertson to alternate seven weeks of study with seven weeks of work —Current Biography, January 1966 • Basso Norman Scott, who this season alternates with Moscona and three others in the part —Time, 28 Mar. 1955 • ... dark green alternating with light green stripes, bluish green, bluish or yellowish gray, light cream, yellowish brown, etc. —Jane Nickerson, N. Y. Times Mag., 4 July 1954 Some examples of between: • Alternating between sensuous and explosive styles —Look, 2 Feb. 1960, in Current Biography, June 1965 • The reader alternates between admiration ... and irritation —Times Literary Supp., 5 Mar. 1970 • ... alternating perpetually between physical and mental activity —Agnes Repplier, The Fireside Sphinx, 1901 • The weather alternated between blinding sandstorms and brilliant sunlight —Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop, 1927 • ... the rest of the spectators continued to alternate between maddening immobility and creeping movement—Irving Wallace, The Plot, 1967 We have one citation with among, which may be a copy editor's doing: • ... the author alternates among mod slang, clichés and quotes from literary giants —Albert H. Johnston, Publishers Weekly, 24 July 1978 |
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