transformation

transformation
noun

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。
■(亦作 transformation scene)a sudden dramatic change of scenery on stage
舞台场景的突变
■a metamorphosis during the life cycle of an animal
（动物生命周期中的）变态
■(Physics)the induced or spontaneous change of one element into another by a nuclear process
(物理)嬗变，核的转换
■(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
■(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
■[mass noun](Biology)the genetic alteration of a cell by introduction of extraneous DNA, especially by a plasmid
(生)遗传转化
■[mass noun](Biology)the heritable modification of a cell from its normal state to a malignant state
(生)细胞转化

语源

late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin transformatio(n-), from the verb transformare (see transform)

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