transformation
[UK]/ˌtræns.fə'meɪ.ʃən/ [US]/-fɚ-/
noun [C or U]
A
* a complete change in the appearance or character of something or someone, especially so that they are improved
彻底改观；大变样

1. Local people have mixed feelings about the planned transformation of their town into a regional capital.
当地人对于要把他们的小镇变成地区中心城市的计划喜忧参半。

2. I'd never seen Carlo in smart evening clothes before - it was quite a transformation.
我之前从没见过卡洛穿漂亮的晚装——这可真是个天大的变化。

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transformation
trans·form·ation / 7trAnsfE5meiFn; NAmE -fEr5m- / noun1. [C, U] ~ (from sth) (to / into sth) a complete change in sb / sth
   (彻底的)变化,改观,转变,改革:
   The way in which we work has undergone a complete transformation in the past decade.
   在过去的十年里,我们的工作方式经历了彻底的变革。
   the country's transformation from dictatorship to democracy
   这个国家由独裁到民主的转变
   What a transformation! You look great.
   真是判若两人！你看上去真神气。
2. [U] used in South Africa to describe the process of making institutions and organizations more democratic
   (用于南非)民主改革:
   a lack of transformation in the private sector
   在私营部门缺乏民主改革
• trans·form·ation·al / -FEnl / adj.

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transformation noun

• ADJECTIVE amazing, complete, dramatic, fundamental, magical, major, miraculous, profound, radical, remarkable, revolutionary, startling, total | subtle | gradual | immediate, instant, rapid, sudden | cultural, economic, historical, institutional (esp. AmE), intellectual, personal, physical, political, social, spiritual, structural, technological

• … OF TRANSFORMATIONS series

• VERB + TRANSFORMATION go through, undergo The way we work has undergone a radical ~ in the past decade. | make He was struggling to make the ~ from single man to responsible husband. | achieve, bring about, carry out, cause, effect, lead to Going to college brought about a dramatic ~ in her outlook. | accelerate | complete | witness

• TRANSFORMATION + VERB begin | happen, occur, take place A startling cultural ~ occurred in post-war Britain.

• TRANSFORMATION + NOUN process

• PREPOSITION ~ from The ~ from disused docks into cultural venue took three years. | ~ in This decision marked a fundamental ~ in policy. | ~ into Japan's ~ into an economic superpower | ~ to Russia's ~ to a market economy

• PHRASES a/the process of ~

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transformation

noun
the food-manufacturing industry underwent a transformation
CHANGE , alteration, modification, variation, conversion, revision, amendment, metamorphosis, transfiguration, translation, evolution, mutation, sea change; remodelling, reshaping, remoulding, redoing, reconstruction, rebuilding, recasting, reorganization, rearrangement, reordering, reshuffling, restyling, rejigging, reworking, renewal, renewing, revamping, renovation, overhaul, remaking; revolutionizing, revolution, transmutation; humorous transmogrification.
-opposite(s): PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION.

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转变,变形(transform+ation)[form=shape,表示"形状"]

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