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change (obj) BECOME DIFFERENTtFeInJvto make or become different, or to exchange one thing for another thing, esp. of a similar type改变，交换，更换I almost didn't recognize her --she'd changed so much. [I]我几乎认不出她了----她变了这么多。Life has/Things have changed a lot this past year --new job, different city, new boyfriend. [I]过去一年，生活/情况改变了许多----新的工作，不同的城市，新的男朋友。Nothing changes, does it --I've been away two years and the office still looks exactly the same. [I]什么都没变，不是吗----我离开了两年，办公室看上去还是完全一样。People have changed their diets quite a lot over the past few years. [T]在过去几年里，人们把饮食改变了很多。I'm going to change my hair style. [T]我要改变发型。Change sometimes means exchange.交换I had to change those trousers I bought for (=take them back to the shop in order to get) a bigger pair. [T]我想把买来的裤子换条大些的。She's just changed jobs (=got a new job) because she couldn't stand her old boss. [T]她刚换了工作，因为她不能忍受她原来的老板。Let's change the subject (=talk about something different) otherwise we'll start arguing again. [T]让我们换个话题吧，否则我们又要开始争吵了。To change (over) from one thing to something else is to stop being/doing/using one thing and start being/doing/using another.从…变为…The traffic lights changed from red to green. [I]交通信号灯从红色变成了绿色。We've just changed (over) from gas central heating to electric. [I]我们刚从煤气中央供暖变成电力中央供暖。We changed to driving an automatic last year. [I]去年我们改开一辆自动汽车了。[CHANGEOVER]The wind and tide change when they start to move in a different direction.（风、潮水）转向Suddenly the wind changed (from south to west). [I]突然间风（从南变西）转向了。I'm going to change my room about/around/round (=change the way it is arranged) and put the bed over by the window. [T]我要把房间布置变个样，把床放到窗边去。Since she went away to school, her attitude has changed for the better (=improved).自从她离开去上学之后，她的态度开始变好了。Something is said to change hands if it goes from one owner to another.转手That Italian restaurant is nowhere near as good since it changed hands.那家意大利餐厅自从转手后情况就很糟。If you change your mind (about something), you form a new opinion or make a new decision about something which is different from your old one.改变主意You're still not coming out tonight? --well, if you change your mind, give me a call.你今晚还是不出来吗？----好吧，如果你改变了主意，给我打个电话。When I first met him I didn't like him but I've changed my mind.当我第一次遇到他时，我不喜欢他，可我已经改变了看法。I wouldn't change places with (=be in the same situation as) him for the world!我怎么也不愿和他交换地位！If you change tack, you try a different method to deal with the same problem.改变方法When there was no reply to their letters they changed tack and phoned the company several times a week.当他们得不到回信时就改变了方法，他们一星期几次给公司打电话。(esp. disapproving) A person who has a strong opinion on a subject and then unexpectedly forms the opposite opinion might be said to change his/her tune.突然改变说法She's always been against the new supermarket, but she soon changed her tune when she realized how much money they would give for her land.她一直反对造新的超级市场的，可当她意识到他们会为她的地皮付多少钱时就马上改变了说法。If you change your ways, you improve the bad parts of your behaviour.（往好的方面）改变举止If he wants to carry on living here, he's going to have to change his ways.如果他想继续生活在这里，他的举止得改一改。
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