transform

• vt. 改变，使…变形；转换
• vi. 变换，改变；转化

trans-,转移，转变，form,形状。

1. subject to a mathematical transformation

2. change or alter in form, appearance, or nature;

"This experience transformed her completely"

"She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"

"transubstantiate one element into another"

3. change in outward structure or looks;

"He transformed into a monster"

"The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"

4. change from one form or medium into another;

"Braque translated collage into oil"

5. convert (one form of energy) to another;

"transform energy to light"

6. change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species

7. increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)

transform (v.)

mid-14c., "change the form of" (transitive), from Old French transformer (14c.), from Latin transformare "change in shape, metamorphose," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + formare "to form" (see form (v.)). Intransitive sense "undergo a change of form" is from 1590s. Related: Transformed; transforming.

change, alter, vary, convert, modify, transform, turn

这些动词均含有"变化，改变"之意。

change： 指任何变化，完全改变，强调与原先的情况有明显的不同。

alter： 常指轻微的改变，强调基本上保持原物、原状的情况下所进行的部分改变。

vary： 暗示不规则或断断续续地变。

convert： 指进行全部或局部改变以适应新的功能或用途。指信仰或态度时，强调较激烈、大的改变。

modify： 强调起限定作用的变化或变更。指细小的变化，常含"缓和、降调"的意味。

transform： 指人或物在形状、外观、形式、性质等方面发生的彻底变化，失去原状成为全新的东西。

turn： 指外形、颜色、气味、性质等方面的变化，比change更通俗。

reform, transform

这两个动词均含"改革，改变，改造"之意。

reform： 指去恶扬善、弃旧图新，使变得完美，多用于社会、政治、经济方面，如体制、法律、机构等的改革。

transform： 指既改变外部形体，又改变内部性质或功能。

The most successful gamification platforms transform daily work assignments into fun experiences.

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Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates' job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs.

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And beyond that, it might transform the health and lives of that patient's family.

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

So teaching people about which foods are healthy and how to prepare them, she says, can actually transform a patient's life.

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

It has been transformed beyond recognition.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

It will have to be completely transformed.

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Having already enabled a communications revolution, the battery is now poised to transform just about everything else.

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Even apart from the increased competition, the kids enter a process that has been utterly transformed from the one baby boomers knew.

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By the end of the decade, both visions had yielded concrete results and transformed American society

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Government's failure to perform this role in the early 1930s transformed recession into depression.

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When viewed at the national level, the policy interventions of the past decade have helped transform the performance of UK universities.

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Having already enabled a communications revolution, the battery is now poised to transform just about everything else.

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

Just like drones before them, miniature satellites are beginning to fundamentally transform our conceptions of who gets to do what up above our heads.

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

So here's another way in which smartphones might transform the way we live and work: by offering insights into human psychology and behavior and, thus, supporting smarter social science.

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

These examples are just the tip of the iceberg, but they demonstrate how helping customers get more use of their materials can transform value chains and operations.

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

with the benefit of hindsight, it looks like the Internet will transform the economy at something like the pace of other great inventions like electricity.

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

But it takes collective scrutiny and acceptance to transform a discovery claim into a mature discovery.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

As a discovery claim works it through the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about the science and the technology involved transforms an individual’s discovery claim into the community’s credible discovery.

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It is not, however, a sign that they' re getting serious about transforming the postal system for the 21st century.

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It's not as hard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for older students.

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

They transform the aspirations of the people who live there; they nudge the self-image of the city into a bolder and more optimistic light.

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

tim Harford, author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early 1980s that divided undergraduates into two groups: some were advised to set out monthly goals and study activities; others were told to plan activit

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The photochemical reactions transform the light into electrical impulses.

光化学反应使光变为电脉冲。

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A new colour scheme will transform your bedroom.

新的色彩调配将使你的卧室焕然一新。

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It was an event that would transform my life.

那是能够彻底改变我一生的一件事。

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Your metabolic rate is the speed at which your body transforms food into energy...

新陈代谢率是身体把食物转换为能量的速度。

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Delegates also discussed transforming them from a guerrilla force into a regular army.

代表们还讨论了把他们从游击队武装改造为正规军的问题。

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The Minister said the Urban Development Corporation was now transforming the area...

部长声称城市开发公司如今正使该地区改头换面。

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A cheap table can be transformed by an interesting cover…

一块趣味盎然的桌布就能使一张廉价桌子面目一新。

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But what exactly is this new development and how will it transform our lives?

但这一新发明到底是什么,它将如何改变我们的生活?

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We transform, as if by magic, from wives and mothers into horrid society murdering beasts.

我们变了, 像变戏法似的, 从妻子、母亲的角色变成了恐怖的为害社会的畜牲.

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This paper is to discuss the wavelet transform during processing.

目的:探讨在医学影像技术中小波变换的应用.

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The paper develops a kind of enhanced IHS transform to reduce the lost of color information.

针对传统的IHS变换法光谱信息丢失严重的问题,提出了一种改进的IHS变换法.

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In no way do philosophers transform nature or society.

哲学家断乎改变不了自然与社会.

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Wavelet transform is a very useful tool of signal processing.

小波变换是用于信号多尺度表示的非常有用的工具.

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We will help transform the economies of areas where natural resources are exhausted.

帮助资源枯竭地区实现经济转型.

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With the development of economy, dual economic structure will transform to modern structure.

二元经济结构是发展中国家在工业化过程中的必然现象.

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In order to transform their environment, he drew up the project with painstaking accuracy.

为了改造环境, 他苦心孤诣地制订了这个计划.

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Both of our countries are taking steps to transform our energy economies.

两国都在采取措施,转变本国的能源经济.

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Verify that the specified transform paths are valid.

请验证指定的变换路径是否有效.

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We have decided to transform the mountains by afforestation.

我们已经决定在这一带治山造林.

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First , the lifting quincunx wavelet transform is used to perform a multiscale decomposition of each image.

在提升五株形小波多尺度分解的基础上, 给出一种新的像素级图像融合方法.

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When time domain solutions are required, the Laplace transform method is straightforward.

当需要时域解时, 拉氏变换方法也是很直接的.

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It takes common belief and trust transform the logical thoughts into practical actions.

把理性的思想变成实际行动需要信任和信念.

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The aspect of transform contains; reactor, rectifying tower, heat exchanger and compressor etc.

老装置改造主要包括反应器 、 精馏塔 、 换热器、压缩机等多个方面.

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And they transform food into essence but not store it.

这就是为什么中医认为六腑以通为用,以降为和.

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A method for harmonic detectingpower system based on wavelet transform is proposed.

小波变换是一种变分辨率的时频联合分析方法,可以对时域和频域信号进行精确地分析.

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A high shock pressure grey cast iron to transform its graphite into diamond.

对灰铸铁进行爆炸冲击,发生石墨转变金刚石的高压相变.

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Although the Fire can transform, it can also destroy.

虽然暗火亦有嬗变之力, 但也可造成破坏.

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Electric rocket is a power device to transform electricity energy to kinetic energy.

电火箭是将电能转换为动能的动力装置.

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The sofa can transform for use as a bed.

这个沙发可改作床用.

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