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| 1 | I/T to change from one thing to another , or make something do this （使）转变；（使）改变；（使）转换 |
| Then he switched sides and turned against his former allies. 后来他改变立场，转而反对他原来的盟友。 |
| We switched lanes and accelerated towards the junction. 我们转换车道，加速驶向交叉路口。 |
| +to He used to vote Conservative, but he switched to Labour in 1997. 他过去投保守党的票，但在1997年他改投工党的票。 |
| +between Once you have learned the basics of word processing, switching between different programs is quite easy. 一旦你学会了文字处理的基本知识，在不同程序间转换就相当容易了。 |
| switch sth (from sth) to sth They announced that the tournament would be switched from March to December. 他们宣布该锦标赛的举办时间从3月改成12月。 |
| Journalists are switching their attention to other members of the royal family. 新闻记者们正在把注意力转移到皇室家族的其他成员身上。 |
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| 2 | T to replace one object with another 代替；替换 |
| He was accused of switching price labels on goods in a supermarket. 他被指控调换了超市里的商品价格标签。 |
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| 3 | I/T to do someone else’ s work in their place , usually in exchange for them doing your work on some other occasion （与某人）交换工作，调班 |
| +with Will you switch with me next week? 你下周愿和我调班吗？ |
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| - | ˌswitch ˈoff |
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| 1 | I/T if you switch off something such as a light or a machine , or it switches off , it stops working 关掉（电灯或机器等）；（使）停止运行 | I parked the car and switched off the engine. 我停好车并关掉了发动机。 | | The heating has switched off. 暖气设备关掉了。 | |
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| 2 | I informal to stop listening to someone or stop thinking about something 不再听；不再理睬；不再考虑 | He just switches off and ignores me. 他就是不听我的话，对我不理不睬。 | |
| - | ˌswitch ˈon |
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| | if you switch on something such as a light or a machine , or it switches on , you make it start working 打开（电灯或机器）；（使）开始运行 | Don’ t switch on the light. 别开灯。 | | The machine switches on automatically. 这机器会自动开始运行。 | |
| - | ˌswitch ˈover |
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| 1 | to stop doing one thing and start doing another 转变，转换（去做别的事） | He played football for ten years before switching over to coaching. 他在改行当教练前踢了10 年的足球。 | |
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| 2 | BRITISH to start watching or listening to a different television or radio programme by pressing a switch 转换（电视或广播的）频道；换台 | +to Can’ t we switch over to Channel 4? 我们换到第4频道行吗？ | |
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