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单词 translate
释义 trans·late
I. \tran(t)ˈslāt, traan-, -nzˈ- also ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin translatus, tralatus (suppletive past participle of transferre to transfer, translate), from trans- + latus, suppletive past participle of ferre to bear, carry — more at bear, tolerate
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to bear, remove, or change from one place or condition to another : transport, transfer, convey — usually used with to
  < I was translated from the country to the city — Kenneth Mackenzie >
  < he translated the fight … to the public arena — L.M.Hughes >
  < a fine play has been superlatively translated to the screen — Current Biography >
  < the saint's relics were translated from the crypt to the … shrine — Dorothy G. Spicer >
  < translated him to the War Department — N.W.Stephenson & H.W.H.Knott >
 b. : to remove or convey to heaven or to a nontemporal condition without death
  < by faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death — Heb 11:5 (Authorized Version) >
  < those Muslims who hold that the Mahdi was translated in an earlier century >
 c. : to transfer (a bishop) from one see to another
  < if a bishop be translated he must be introduced as the holder of the see — T.E.May >
2.
 a. : to turn into one's own or another language : render
  < is learning to translate Latin >
  — usually used with into
  < Chinese ideograms are translated into Japanese — David Diringer >
  < had to translate the characters into spoken Korean — Cornelius Osgood >
 b. : to transfer or turn from any special system of representation, set of symbols, or calculus into another such system, set, or calculus : transcribe — usually used with into
  < imperative that the reporter translate his notes into longhand — B.M.Metzger >
  < translate books into braille >
  < a linguistic code … can be translated into a binary code — R.W.Brown b. 1925 >
  < translate mathematical truths into logical truths >
 c. : decode, encode
  < this solution will permit the cryptanalyst to translate additional messages — W.W.R.Ball >
  < when he translates his message into a coded one — Aaron Bakst >
 d. : to express in different words : paraphrase — usually used with into
  < what remains of the poetry after we have translated it into prose >
  < the terminology used by technicians … is translated into the language of the layman — Lucile Bagwell >
 e. : to express in explanatory or more comprehensible terms : explain, interpret
  < the element which is so difficult to translate in the idea of fair play — Margaret Mead >
  < it translates my childish impressions accurately enough — A.T.Quiller-Couch >
  < all such novels have their special language which you must translate … to learn the real intention of the artist — M.D.Geismar >
  — often used with into
  < has translated Moloc's words into contemporary human terms — Wayne Burns >
3.
 a. : to change the substance, form, or appearance of : transform, transmute, convert — usually used with into
  < translates the girl into a witch >
  < the projection kinescope … translates the video signal into a pattern of light and shadows on the tube face — C.L.Dawes >
  < cars are translated into scrap — New Yorker >
  < the time required to translate new ideas into practical military weapons — H.S.Truman >
  < the prime mover which translates energy into power — Roger Burlingame >
  < designers translate the … styling of an import into a modified and wearable version for the American woman — Dorothy O'Neill >
 b. Britain : to transform (old garments or shoes) by repairing, renovating, or remaking from old materials
  < for two of these the costumes were translated from old sets — E.K.Chambers >
  < a number of men were fixing up — translating — old boots — Robert Sandall >
4. : transport, enrapture, entrance
5. : to change the position of (a body or figure) in space without rotation
6. : to repeat or forward (a message) by telegraphic translation
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to practice rendering from one language or representational system into another
  < he translates for the patent attorney >
 also : to make such a rendering or translation
  < no one but a language learner needs to be told … that a word-for-word transposition does not translate — Jackson Mathews >
  < in class the teacher asks him to translate >
 b. : to admit of or be adaptable to translation
  < words that translate into every language — D.D.Eisenhower >
  < a Portuguese word that does not translate easily — David Dodge >
2. : to repeat or forward a message by telegraphic translation
II. transitive verb
: to subject (as genetic information) to translation in protein synthesis
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