n. 1. change變化。 △Oth.5.2.99 (100): “and that theaffrighted globe/should yawn at alteration.” i.e. atthe great change on earth. 受驚的地球看見這滄桑巨變也要嚇得目瞪口呆。 2. hesitation,vacillation,changes of mind猶豫，搖擺不定，改變意見。 △Lr.5.1.3: “He's full of alteration/And self-reproving”，他總是搖擺不定而且自相矛盾。