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单词 transfigure
释义
transfigure
verb[T]
formal
uk
/trænsˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/trænsˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
tochangetheappearanceof apersonor thing very much, usually in a verypositiveand oftenspiritualway:
使变样；使改观
As shegazeddown at thebaby, herfacewas transfiguredwithtenderness.当她低头凝视着宝宝时，她的表情变得充满柔情。
Theassassinationsomehowtransfigured KennedyintoamodernAmericansaint.这起暗杀事件不知怎的将肯尼迪变成了美国的现代圣人。
Synonym
transmogrifyhumorous
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transfiguration
(Definition oftransfigurefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftransfigure

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Or a benign development easing poverty, transfiguring the role of states and enlarging the horizons of citizens?
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Neither the intelligible shadow of faith transfigures the materiality of the existential, nor do existential pain and emptiness subvert the authenticity of faith.
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At this moment the moon emerges and transfigures the landscape.
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Their cogent analysis is exceptionally powerful and likely totransfigurethe current view of mammalian brain evolution.
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Farr (1858) described this as the first attempt to measure how 'the play of passion transfigures the human frame' and 'influences its existence'.
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Proponents of ' the eye ' were reluctant to outline the precise methods by which furious maniacs were transfigured, and unsurprisingly, the sources of the charismatic stewards' efficacy were contested.
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We shouldtransfigureand transform the face of the whole country.
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Their faces were transfigured by this highly charged emotional experience.
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In the 19th and 20th century the patriotic historiography transfigured him.
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His second solemn deed and task therefore... is to return then to us, transfigured, and teach the lesson he has learned of life renewed.
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They have the power to divide space,transfigureplace, and create new domains.
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Instead of being confirmed, adorned and glorified, it is improved, parodied, ridiculed, disclaimed, transfigured, mourned, stamped out and finally uplifted.
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The game is in all respects the same as shogi, except that piece moves have been transfigured for the hexagonal board-cell geometry.
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The game is in all respects the same as shogi, except that piece moves have been transfigured for the triangular board-cell geometry.
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The latter, however, would cause the person to gain the brain of the animal they have transfigured into.
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