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单词 sea change
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Definition of sea change in English:

sea change

noun
  • 1A profound or notable transformation.

    (深刻或显著的)巨变

    recent years have witnessed a sea change in the fortunes of car safety as a marketable quantity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This marks a profound sea change for the Company, which is arguably the largest B-to-B publisher online.
    • With every decision that marks a sea change on the telecom horizon, there's usually a technology solution to address it.
    • Only a true partnership involving all stakeholders can make a real sea change.
    Synonyms
    transformation, change, alteration, modification, variation, conversion, revision, amendment, metamorphosis, transfiguration, evolution, mutation
    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
    1. 1.1Australian A significant change in lifestyle, especially a move from the city to a rural or seaside location.
      people are looking at sea changes for a better work-life balance
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Are Australians opting in their tens of thousands for a sea change, or are they being driven out of the cities by the rising cost of housing?
      • Others leaving cite on-going anti-social behaviour in the town, associated criminal damage, cost of living, sea change options or family commitments elsewhere.
      • The electorate is changing, from blue-collar rural economy, to a sea change economy, dominated by retirees and eco-tourism.
      • Rumours persist that "sea change packages" (aka redundancies) are coming soon to The Age as the paper continues to carve back its budget.
      • Efforts to court those people looking for a "sea change" or bush change saw the median house price rise by 40 per cent.
      • Ever since my family tasted the ultimate sea change three years ago my three girls are up at 4 every morning bar Sunday.
      • City-based journos across the country looking for a sea change that doesn't include moving to Byron Bay and writing the great Australian novel should take a look at the Warialda Standard.
      • It has been much discussed in the media with examples given of downshifting and sea changes.
      • Tasmania is consided by many to represent the perfect 'sea change' for those wishing to escape the concrete jungles of Melbourne or Sydney.
      • People are going to take off into the country and all that sea change stuff.

Origin

From Shakespeare's Tempest (i. ii. 403).

Definition of sea change in US English:

sea change

nounˈsē ˌCHānjˈsi ˌtʃeɪndʒ
  • A profound or notable transformation.

    (深刻或显著的)巨变

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This marks a profound sea change for the Company, which is arguably the largest B-to-B publisher online.
    • With every decision that marks a sea change on the telecom horizon, there's usually a technology solution to address it.
    • Only a true partnership involving all stakeholders can make a real sea change.
    Synonyms
    transformation, change, alteration, modification, variation, conversion, revision, amendment, metamorphosis, transfiguration, evolution, mutation

Origin

From Shakespeare's Tempest (I. ii. 403).

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