sea change

英 [ˈsiː tʃeɪndʒ]

美 [ˈsiː tʃeɪndʒ]

n.  大转变; 巨变

牛津词典

noun

• 大转变；巨变
  a strong and noticeable change in a situation

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (态度、行为的)巨变，彻底转变
  Asea changein someone's attitudes or behaviour is a complete change.
  1. A sea change has taken place in young people's attitudes to their parents.
     年轻人对待父母的态度已经发生了三百六十度转变。

英英释义

noun

• a profound transformation

双语例句

• For one can fairly say that ties between the two sides have undergone a sea change in recent years and Taiwan's economic future is now bound closely to the Mainland.
  可以说在过去几年来，两岸的关系已经发生了质变，台湾的经济前途，已经和大陆密切相关。
• Current therapies are powerful but with unintended targets and side effects that can be equivalent to a sea change.
  现在的治疗方法虽然作用很强，但是没有特定的靶向，因而会产生同等程度的副作用，就像海浪一样。
• "There is a sea change in behaviour going on here," says Mervyn Kohler of Help the Aged.
  “帮助老年人”机构的默文·科勒说，“人的正巨大的。
• The past one and a half centuries saw two world wars and three important scientific and technological revolutions. Out world has undergone a sea change and achieved unprecedented advancement in science and technology and productivity.
  在这一个半世纪中，发生过两次世界大战，出现过三次重要的科技革命，世界发生了沧桑巨变，科技进步和生产力水平都有史无前例的飞跃。
• The Prime Minister is convinced that there will soon be a sea change in the relations between the two countries.
  首相相信两国间的关系不久将会有根本的变化。
• A sea change has taken place in young people's attitudes to their parents.
  年轻人对待父母的态度已经发生了三百六十度转变。
• However, the last few years have heralded a sea change as schools, employers and the students themselves have realised that for participants to make the most of their course, preparation is essential.
  不过，过去几年出现了许多变化，商学院、雇主和学员自己都已经认识到，要想从课程中获得最大收益，准备工作至关重要。
• As new generations of employees arrive generations born and raised with technology in their hands do managers really understand the huge sea change in how the young work force is wired?
  当新一代的员工到来时这代人与技术一起出生和成长管理人员能真正理解这些新生的劳动力带来的突然而彻底的巨变吗？
• So how is the sea change going to affect corporate behaviour?
  巨大的转变会怎样影响企业行为呢？
• In China's case, the sea change in prevailing assumptions comes from its emergence as a world power.
  就中国而言，就中国而言，它作为世界大国的崛起，导致了投资者对中国市场看法的重大转变。