[mass noun]the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another 过渡,转变,变革;过渡期,转型期 students in transition from one programme to another. 由一课程向另一课程过渡的学生。 [count noun]a transition to multiparty democracy. 向多党民主制的转变。 ■[count noun](Music)a momentary modulation from one key to another (乐)临时转调 ■[count noun](Physics)a change of an atom, nucleus, electron, etc. from one quantum state to another, with emission or absorption of radiation (物理)跃迁,转变
verb
(chiefly N. Amer.)undergo or cause to undergo a process or period of transition (主北美)(使)经历转变过程(或过渡期);过渡 [no obj.]he transitioned into filmmaking easily. 他很轻松地过渡到电影制片行业。
派生 transitionary adjective 语源
mid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin transitio(n-), from transire 'go across'