transformation
/ˌtrænsfəˈmeɪʃən/noun
1- a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance（形状、外貌方面）彻底的改变, 巨变, 改观：
British society underwent a radical transformation.
英国社会经历了急剧的变革。
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- （亦作transformation scene）a sudden dramatic change of scenery on stage舞台场景的突变。
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- a metamorphosis during the life cycle of an animal（动物生命周期中的）变态。
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- Physics the induced or spontaneous change of one element into another by a nuclear process【物理】嬗变, 核的转换。
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- Mathematics & Logic a process by which one figure, expression, or function is converted into another which is equivalent in some important respect but is differently expressed or represented【数, 逻】变换, 转换。
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- Linguistics a process by which an element in the underlying logical deep structure of a sentence is converted to an element in the surface structure【语言学】（由句子的内在逻辑深层结构向表层结构的）转换。
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- mass noun Biology the genetic alteration of a cell by introduction of extraneous DNA, especially by a plasmid【生】遗传转化。
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- mass noun Biology the heritable modification of a cell from its normal state to a malignant state【生】细胞转化。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French， or from late Latin transformatio（n-）， from the verb transformare （see TRANSFORM）.