transition
英 [træn'zɪʃ(ə)n; trɑːn-; -'sɪʃ-]
美[træn'zɪʃən]
- n. 过渡；转变；[分子生物] 转换；变调
中文词源
transition 过渡，转变，变迁
来自 transit,中转，过渡，-ion,名词后缀。
词态变化
复数: transitions;第三人称单数: transitions;过去式: transitioned;过去分词: transitioned;现在分词: transitioning;形容词: transitional;
助记提示
1. trans- "across, over" + ire "go" (see ion) => transire "cross over, pass away, go over".
2. transire => 过去分词：transitus => transit- + -ion => transition.
3. => a going across or over.
2. transire => 过去分词：transitus => transit- + -ion => transition.
3. => a going across or over.
双语例句
- 1. In the past this process of transition has often proven difficult.
- 过去这一过渡过程常常很艰难。
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- 2. His six-year transition programme has by no means been a complete failure.
- 他的六年转型计划绝没有彻底失败。
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- 3. He found the transition to boarding school excruciatingly painful.
- 他发现转到寄宿学校极其痛苦。
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- 4. The French say they favour a transition to democracy.
- 法国人说他们倾向于向民主过渡。
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- 5. Inevitably the transition will yield some sticky moments.
- 过渡时期难免会出现一些困难的时候。
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英文词源
- transition (n.)
- mid-15c., from Latin transitionem (nominative transitio) "a going across or over," noun of action from past participle stem of transire "go or cross over" (see transient).