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单词 transfiguration
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Definition of transfiguration in English:

transfiguration

noun tranzˌfɪɡjʊˈreɪʃ(ə)ntrɑːnzˌfɪɡjʊˈreɪʃ(ə)ntransˌfɪɡəˈreɪʃ(ə)ntranzˌfɪɡəˈreɪʃ(ə)ntrɑːnsˌfɪɡjʊˈreɪʃ(ə)ntransˌfɪɡjʊrˈeɪʃ(ə)ntrɑːnzˌfɪɡəˈreɪʃ(ə)ntrɑːnsˌfɪɡəˈreɪʃ(ə)ntræn(t)sˌfɪɡ(j)əˈreɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1A complete change of form or appearance into a more beautiful or spiritual state.

    变形,改观,美化

    in this light the junk undergoes a transfiguration; it shines

    在这种光线下,这破烂东西变美了;它发光了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you thought Celtic music was fiddles, jigs and reels, this extraordinary album will be a platform for your transfiguration.
    • So the music that accompanies Isolde's death is her transfiguration, and the repetition of the Tristan chord shows that she dies of love's sorrow.
    • Ultimately, it is about the subtle transfiguration of everyday details and the collapse of reason and communication.
    • Here follows, etymological notes and a transfiguration (though poor) into modern English.
    • I intend to focus on single colour works, in which changes of shape produce transfigurations of space.
    • Instead we get strange transfigurations between the literal, the metaphorical, and the conceptual, which move polemically into a defense of the Catholic position on the Eucharist.
    • As the story unfolds, the object comes to represent a transfiguration of inner evil, repressed sexuality, an eruption of the unconscious, or simply a supernatural/diabolical manifestation.
    • This ghostly apparition is actually a transfiguration of your loved one.
    • Ignored is the internal transfiguration of African-American life that often plays itself out within the community in powerfully destructive ways.
    • After a couple of minutes, the music undergoes a magical transfiguration: it's as though Exeter Cathedral's stained-glass angels had taken wing, soaring up to the heavens.
    • For the iconographer, art is not a means of self-expression, but a method and practice of the path to the transfiguration of his nature.
    • Picasso was famous for transfigurations of the commonplace.
    • Indeed, there is even a transfiguration of the archways, halls and yards of the convent in the following scenes of Nazi infiltration.
    • What Cherry leaves us with is the understanding that poetry must be part of this memory, this pain without which spiritual transfiguration cannot begin.
    • Between these two ordinary skins lies the means of their transfiguration: graphics and fibre-optics.
    • It eventually loomed over the eight others, who melted away into the shadows, their work done, the transfiguration begun.
    • Two major techniques are the transfiguration of classical fairytales, and the integration of traditional motifs with contemporary references within atypical settings and plotlines.
    Synonyms
    change, alteration, modification, variation, conversion, revision, amendment, metamorphosis, evolution, mutation, sea change
    1. 1.1the Transfiguration Christ's appearance in radiant glory to three of his disciples (Matthew 17:2 and Mark 9:2–3).
      (耶稣在三个门徒面前的)显圣容(《马太福音》17:2,《马可福音》9:2-3)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And in fact this is true if this picture is considered externally: above on the hill we see the transfiguration, below is the scene with the child possessed of an unclean spirit.
      • Orthodox Christians live - habitually, I would say - within a liturgical environment that transfigures body and soul, the entire world, in this vision of the light of the Transfiguration.
      • The Gospel reading is Luke's account of the transfiguration; the Old Testament and Epistle readings highlight different dimensions of this event in the life of the Christ.
      • Right after experiencing the transfiguration, he and companions James and John had spoken sternly to a man who was casting out demons in Jesus' name.
      • Indeed, one might think spreading the story of the transfiguration could help convert a few unbelievers.
      • For, while the message of the Transfiguration is easy to understand, it is at the same time hard to grasp.
      • The ‘holy mountain’ here is obviously not Sinai and likely not Zion, but the mount of the transfiguration, which becomes their antitype.
      • In the Transfiguration scene the disciples see Jesus conversing with Elijah, whose return heralds the end.
      • Blink at the stage and you could have been looking at an icon of the Transfiguration.
      • In Mark's account of the Transfiguration Jesus is set alongside the great prophets.
      • Do you think you know all you need to about Transfiguration?
      • If Moses and Elijah could hear Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration, why can't Mary hear?
      • All people and all creation can share in Jesus' experience of Transfiguration.
      • In the second passage, following the transfiguration, Jesus must exorcise a demon from a suffering child because his apostles could not do so, reportedly due to their lack of faith.
      • By the way, when Peter gets back into that line, he's there to climb the Mount of Transfiguration.
    2. 1.2 The Church festival commemorating Christ's transfiguration, held on 6 August.
      主显圣容节(8月6日)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The feast of the Transfiguration, so venerated by the Orthodox Church, serves as a key to the understanding of the humanity of Christ in the Eastern tradition.
      • On the holiday of the Transfiguration, apples and honey are blessed and eaten along with other fruits of the season.
      • How many of you have scratched your head into baldness trying to come up with something new and interesting to say on the Feast of the Transfiguration?
      • Between August 1 and 6, San Salvador holds a fiesta (major celebration) commemorating the Transfiguration of Christ.
      • The Transfiguration, observed traditionally in this last Sunday before Lent, brings Epiphany to a close with another divine irruption into the earthly.

Origin

Late Middle English (with biblical reference): from Old French, or from Latin transfiguratio(n-), from the verb transfigurare (see transfigure).

Definition of transfiguration in US English:

transfiguration

nountræn(t)sˌfɪɡ(j)əˈreɪʃ(ə)ntran(t)sˌfiɡ(y)əˈrāSH(ə)n
  • 1A complete change of form or appearance into a more beautiful or spiritual state.

    变形,改观,美化

    in this light the junk undergoes a transfiguration; it shines

    在这种光线下,这破烂东西变美了;它发光了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It eventually loomed over the eight others, who melted away into the shadows, their work done, the transfiguration begun.
    • This ghostly apparition is actually a transfiguration of your loved one.
    • What Cherry leaves us with is the understanding that poetry must be part of this memory, this pain without which spiritual transfiguration cannot begin.
    • As the story unfolds, the object comes to represent a transfiguration of inner evil, repressed sexuality, an eruption of the unconscious, or simply a supernatural/diabolical manifestation.
    • I intend to focus on single colour works, in which changes of shape produce transfigurations of space.
    • If you thought Celtic music was fiddles, jigs and reels, this extraordinary album will be a platform for your transfiguration.
    • Ultimately, it is about the subtle transfiguration of everyday details and the collapse of reason and communication.
    • Between these two ordinary skins lies the means of their transfiguration: graphics and fibre-optics.
    • Indeed, there is even a transfiguration of the archways, halls and yards of the convent in the following scenes of Nazi infiltration.
    • For the iconographer, art is not a means of self-expression, but a method and practice of the path to the transfiguration of his nature.
    • Two major techniques are the transfiguration of classical fairytales, and the integration of traditional motifs with contemporary references within atypical settings and plotlines.
    • Picasso was famous for transfigurations of the commonplace.
    • Instead we get strange transfigurations between the literal, the metaphorical, and the conceptual, which move polemically into a defense of the Catholic position on the Eucharist.
    • Here follows, etymological notes and a transfiguration (though poor) into modern English.
    • After a couple of minutes, the music undergoes a magical transfiguration: it's as though Exeter Cathedral's stained-glass angels had taken wing, soaring up to the heavens.
    • Ignored is the internal transfiguration of African-American life that often plays itself out within the community in powerfully destructive ways.
    • So the music that accompanies Isolde's death is her transfiguration, and the repetition of the Tristan chord shows that she dies of love's sorrow.
    Synonyms
    change, alteration, modification, variation, conversion, revision, amendment, metamorphosis, evolution, mutation, sea change
    1. 1.1the Transfiguration Christ's appearance in radiant glory to three of his disciples (Matthew 17:2, Mark 9:2–3, Luke 9:28–36).
      (耶稣在三个门徒面前的)显圣容(《马太福音》17:2,《马可福音》9:2-3)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the Transfiguration scene the disciples see Jesus conversing with Elijah, whose return heralds the end.
      • In the second passage, following the transfiguration, Jesus must exorcise a demon from a suffering child because his apostles could not do so, reportedly due to their lack of faith.
      • If Moses and Elijah could hear Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration, why can't Mary hear?
      • Orthodox Christians live - habitually, I would say - within a liturgical environment that transfigures body and soul, the entire world, in this vision of the light of the Transfiguration.
      • The Gospel reading is Luke's account of the transfiguration; the Old Testament and Epistle readings highlight different dimensions of this event in the life of the Christ.
      • For, while the message of the Transfiguration is easy to understand, it is at the same time hard to grasp.
      • By the way, when Peter gets back into that line, he's there to climb the Mount of Transfiguration.
      • In Mark's account of the Transfiguration Jesus is set alongside the great prophets.
      • The ‘holy mountain’ here is obviously not Sinai and likely not Zion, but the mount of the transfiguration, which becomes their antitype.
      • Indeed, one might think spreading the story of the transfiguration could help convert a few unbelievers.
      • All people and all creation can share in Jesus' experience of Transfiguration.
      • Blink at the stage and you could have been looking at an icon of the Transfiguration.
      • And in fact this is true if this picture is considered externally: above on the hill we see the transfiguration, below is the scene with the child possessed of an unclean spirit.
      • Right after experiencing the transfiguration, he and companions James and John had spoken sternly to a man who was casting out demons in Jesus' name.
      • Do you think you know all you need to about Transfiguration?
    2. 1.2 The church festival commemorating this, held on August 6.
      主显圣容节(8月6日)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Between August 1 and 6, San Salvador holds a fiesta (major celebration) commemorating the Transfiguration of Christ.
      • The Transfiguration, observed traditionally in this last Sunday before Lent, brings Epiphany to a close with another divine irruption into the earthly.
      • The feast of the Transfiguration, so venerated by the Orthodox Church, serves as a key to the understanding of the humanity of Christ in the Eastern tradition.
      • On the holiday of the Transfiguration, apples and honey are blessed and eaten along with other fruits of the season.
      • How many of you have scratched your head into baldness trying to come up with something new and interesting to say on the Feast of the Transfiguration?

Origin

Late Middle English (with biblical reference): from Old French, or from Latin transfiguratio(n-), from the verb transfigurare (see transfigure).

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