1 N-VAR 变化;改变;变革 If there is a
change in something, it becomes different.
变化;改变;变革 -
The ambassador appealed for a change in US policy.
大使呼吁美国在政策上作出改变。
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What is needed is a change of attitude on the part of architects. [+ of]
现在需要的是建筑师态度的转变。
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There are going to have to be some drastic changes.
一定得进行重大变革。
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In Zaire political change was on its way.
在扎伊尔,政治变革正在推进。
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1998 was an important year for everyone: a time of change.
1998年对所有人来说都是重要的一年:那是个变革的时期。
3 N-SING (令人愉快的)变化,改变 If you say that something is a
change or
makes a
change, you mean that it is enjoyable because it is different from what you are used to.
(令人愉快的)变化,改变 [approval] -
It is a complex system, but it certainly makes a change.
这是个复杂的体系,不过确实有所改变。
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Do you feel like you could do with a change?
你想不想改变一下?
4 VERB 改用;改做 If you
change from one thing
to another, you stop using or doing the first one and start using or doing the second.
改用;改做 5 V-ERG (使)变化;(使)改变 When something
changes or when you
change it, it becomes different.
(使)变化;(使)改变 [Also V n into n] -
We are trying to detect and understand how the climates change. [VERB]
我们正努力探寻并理解气候是如何变化的。
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In the union office, the mood gradually changed from resignation to rage. [VERB from noun to noun]
在工会办公室,情绪慢慢从顺从转变成愤怒。
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She has now changed into a happy, self-confident woman. [VERB + into]
如今她已经变成一个快乐、自信的女人。
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They should change the law to make it illegal to own replica weapons. [VERB noun]
他们应该修订法律,使拥有仿制武器成为非法行为。
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Trees are changing colour earlier than last year. [VERB noun]
今年树木换装比去年早。
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He is a changed man since you left. [VERB-ed]
打你走后,他就变了个人。
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A changing world has put pressures on the corporation. [VERB-ing]
日新月异的世界使这家公司感到了压力。
6 VERB 更换;替换 To
change something means to replace it with something new or different.
更换;替换 -
I paid £80 to have my car radio fixed and I bet all they did was change a fuse. [VERB noun]
我花80英镑让人把我车上的收音机修了修,可我敢肯定,他们只是换了根保险丝。
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If you want to change your doctor there are two ways of doing it. [VERB noun]
你要是想换个医生,办法有两个。
7 VERB 换(衣服);更衣 When you
change your clothes or
change, you take some or all of your clothes off and put on different ones.
→see usage note at: wear 换(衣服);更衣 -
Ben had merely changed his shirt.
本仅仅换了件衬衫。
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They had allowed her to shower and change.
他们准许她冲个澡,换套衣裳。
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I changed into a tracksuit.
我换上一身运动装。
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I've got to get changed first. I've got to put my uniform on.
我得先换一下衣服,穿上制服。
8 N-COUNT 替换衣服;备用衣服 A
change of clothes is an extra set of clothes that you take with you when you go to stay somewhere or to take part in an activity.
替换衣服;备用衣服 9 VERB 换(床单) When you
change a bed or
change the sheets, you take off the dirty sheets and put on clean ones.
换(床单) -
After changing the bed, I would fall asleep quickly. [VERB noun]
换了床单,我很快就能睡着。
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I changed the sheets on your bed today. [VERB noun]
我今天把你的床单换了。
10 VERB 给(婴儿)换尿布;换(尿布) When you
change a baby or
change its nappy or diaper, you take off the dirty one and put on a clean one.
给(婴儿)换尿布;换(尿布) 11 VERB 转乘,换乘(交通工具);转车;转机 When you
change buses, trains, or planes or
change, you get off one bus, train, or plane and get on to another in order to continue your journey.
转乘,换乘(交通工具);转车;转机 -
At Glasgow I changed trains for Greenock. [VERB noun]
我在格拉斯哥改乘去格里诺克的火车。
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We were turned off the train at Hanover, where we had to change. [VERB]
我们在汉诺威站被赶下火车,只好在那儿转车。
12 VERB 换(挡) When you
change gear or
change into another gear, you move the gear lever on a car, bicycle, or other vehicle in order to use a different gear.
换(挡) [British] -
The driver tried to change gear, then swerved. [VERB noun]
司机试图换挡,接着突然转向。
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He looked up into the mirror as he changed through his gears. [VERB prep.]
他一边换挡,一边抬眼看后视镜。
in AM, use 美国英语用 shift
13 N-UNCOUNT 找零;找头 Your
change is the money that you receive when you pay for something with more money than it costs because you do not have exactly the right amount of money.
找零;找头 14 N-UNCOUNT 硬币 Change is coins, rather than paper money.
硬币 -
Thieves ransacked the office, taking a sack of loose change.
窃贼洗劫了办公室,拿走了一口袋散币。
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The man in the store won't give him change for the phone unless he buys something. [+ for]
店里的人不肯给他换硬币打电话,除非他买点什么。
16 N-UNCOUNT 零钱 If you have
change for larger notes, bills, or coins, you have the same value in smaller notes, bills, or coins, which you can give to someone in exchange.
零钱 If you
make change, you give someone smaller notes, bills, or coins, in exchange for the same value of larger ones.
换零钱;破开钱 17 VERB 兑换(货币);换(零钱) When you
change money, you exchange it for the same amount of money in a different currency, or in smaller notes, bills, or coins.
兑换(货币);换(零钱) -
You can expect to pay the bank a fee of around 1% to 2% every time you change money. [VERB noun]
每次到银行换币都会要求付1%到2%的手续费。
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If you travel frequently, find an agency that will change one foreign currency directly into another. [VERB noun + into]
如果经常旅行,找一家能直接兑换外币的旅行社。
18 PHRASE 换换口味;变个花样 If you say that you are doing something or something is happening
for a change, you mean that you do not usually do it or it does not usually happen, and you are happy to be doing it or that it is happening.
换换口味;变个花样 -
Now let me ask you a question, for a change.
现在换我来问你一个问题吧。
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Liz settled back in her seat, comfortably relaxed, enjoying being driven for a change.
莉兹舒服放松地倚在座位上,享受着换别人开车的惬意。
19 to change
for the better→see: better to change hands
→see: hand a change of heart
→see: heart to change your mind
→see: mind to change places
→see: place to ring the changes
→see: ring to change the subject
→see: subject to change tack
→see: tack to change your tune
→see: tune to change for the worse
→see: worse Quotations
A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation Edmund Burke Reflections on the Revolution in France Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Bible: Jeremiah The more things change, the more they are the same Alphonse Karr Les Guêpes Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better Samuel Johnson Dictionary of the English Language The old order changeth, yielding place to new Alfred, Lord Tennyson The Passing of Arthur Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it Karl Marx Theses on Feuerbach When it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change Lucius Cary Discourses of Infallibility ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurus | change Also look up: |
N. | adjustment, alteration 1 |
VERB. | adapt, modify, transform, vary 5 |
Word Partnership | Use change with: |
VERB. | adapt to change, resist change 1 make a change 1 3 |
ADJ. | gradual change, social change, sudden change 1 loose change, spare change 14 |
N. | change of pace, policy change 1 change direction 5 change of address, change colour, change the subject 6 change clothes 7 |
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