translate

translate
[transˈleɪt, trɑːns-, -nz-]
verb
[with obj.]
  1. express the sense of (words or text) in another language
    翻译(话语,文本)
    the German original has been translated into English.
    德语原文已被译成英语。
    ■[no obj.]be expressed or be capable of being expressed in another language
    被翻译,可翻译
    shiatsu literally translates as ‘finger pressure’.
    “shiatsu”可直译为“手指压力”。
    ■(translate something into/translate into)convert or be converted into (another form or medium)
    (使)转换,转化(成另一形式或媒介)
    [with obj.]few of Shakespeare's other works have been translated into ballets.
    莎士比亚其他作品极少改编成芭蕾舞剧。
    [no obj.]twenty years of critical success which rarely translated into public acclaim.
    罕被民众颂扬的20年重大成就。
  2. move from one place or condition to another
    转移,调动;转变,变化
    she had been translated from familiar surroundings to a foreign court.
    她从熟悉的环境被带到了一个陌生的庭院。
    ■(formal)move (a bishop or, in Scotland, a minister) to another see or pastoral charge
    (正式)把(主教,苏格兰牧师)调至另一个教区;调换(主教,苏格兰牧师)的教区
    ■(formal)remove (a saint's relics) to another place
    (正式)移葬(圣徒遗骸)
    ■(poetic/literary)convey (someone, typically still alive) to heaven
    (诗/文)送(人,尤指活人)进天堂
    ■(Biology)convert (a sequence of nucleotides in messenger RNA) to an amino-acid sequence in a protein or polypeptide during synthesis
    (生)转译(信使RNA中的一组核苷酸)
  3. (Physics)cause (a body) to move so that all its parts travel in the same direction, without rotation or change of shape
    (物理)平移(主干部分)
    ■(Mathematics)transform (a geometrical figure) in an analogous way
    (数)平移(几何图形)
派生
translatability
noun
translatable
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English: from Latin translatus 'carried across', past participle of transferre (see transfer)
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