transition

英 [trænˈzɪʃn]

美 [trænˈzɪʃn]

n.  过渡; 转变; 变革; 变迁
v.  <北美>经历转变过程; 过渡

复数：transitions　过去分词：transitioned　现在分词：transitioning　过去式：transitioned　第三人称单数：transitions　

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Collins.3 / BNC.2912 / COCA.2212

牛津词典

noun

• 过渡；转变；变革；变迁
  the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another
  1. the transition from school to full-time work
     从学校到全日工作的过渡阶段
  2. We need to ensure a smooth transition between the old system and the new one.
     我们得确保新旧制度间的平稳过渡。
  3. He will remain head of state during the period of transition to democracy.
     在向民主过渡的时期他将依然是国家首脑。
  4. This course is useful for students who are in transition (= in the process of changing) from one training programme to another.
     对转换培训项目的学生来说，这一课程是有帮助的。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 转变;过渡;变革;变迁
  Transitionis the process in which something changes from one state to another.
  1. The transition to a multi-party democracy is proving to be difficult.
     事实证明，向多党民主制的转型非常艰难。
  2. ...a period of transition.
     过渡时期
• VERB (从某一状态或活动)转变，过渡(到另一状态或活动)
  If someonetransitions fromone state or activity to another, they move gradually from one to the other.
  1. Most of the discussion was on what needed to be done now as we transitioned from the security issues to the challenging economic issues...
     随着我们由安全议题转向具有挑战性的经济议题，讨论最多的就是目前需要做些什么。
  2. There was a significant decline in the size of the business as the company transitioned to an intellectual property company.
     随着公司向知识产权公司转型，其业务规模显著下降。

英英释义

noun

• the act of passing from one state or place to the next
  Synonym:passage
• a passage that connects a topic to one that follows
• a musical passage moving from one key to another
  Synonym:modulation
• a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another
• an event that results in a transformation
  Synonym:conversionchangeover

verb

• make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another)
  1. The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets
  2. The adagio transitioned into an allegro
• cause to convert or undergo a transition
  1. the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology

双语例句

• So I'm interested in moments and places of instability: thresholds of transition in between two things.
  所以我对不稳定的时刻和位置很有兴趣：在两个事物间转换的界限。
• Co-existence of services with legacy code supports the gradual transition of system functions to the new architecture.
  与遗留代码服务共存，支持将系统功能逐步过渡到新体系结构。
• We are in a transition stage of the reform.
  我们处于改革的转型阶段。
• Over time, students need to transition financial responsibilities over from their parents.
  一段时间后，学生就需要将父母身上的经济责任过渡到自己身上了。
• This completes a transition to Iraqi responsibility for their own security.
  这就完成了一个让伊拉克为自己的安全负责的转变。
• It was part of a long-term probe into mental health and the transition to adulthood.
  这是对人类心理健康和成年期转变的长期研究的一部分。
• The secretary of state during the Nixon-Ford transition did not wish to push the proposals through.
  尼克松-福特过渡时期的国务卿不希望推动那些提案得到通过。
• If the world is to avoid environmental catastrophe, advanced economies must undergo a profound transition.
  世界若要想避免环境灾难，经济发达的国家必须进行深刻变革。
• He is acutely conscious that this transition will bring with it the risk of social unrest.
  他非常清楚这种转变伴随着社会动乱的危险。
• And like many countries, we support a period of political transition in Syria.
  我们和许多国家都支持在叙利亚出现一个政治过渡的时期。