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单词 transitional
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
tran•si•tion /trænˈzɪʃən, -ˈsɪʃ-/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, etc., to another:[uncountable]The company is still in transition from one boss to another.
  2. a period during which such change takes place:[countable]A transition like this one could take weeks.
  3. a sentence, paragraph, etc., that links one scene or topic to another:[countable]Use transition words to signal to your reader that you are connecting ideas.

v. [no object]
  1. to make a transition.
tran•si•tion•al, adj. : a transitional manager until a new one could be hired.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tran•si•tion  (tran zishən, -sish-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change:the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
  2. [Music.]
    • a passing from one key to another;
      modulation.
    • a brief modulation;
      a modulation used in passing.
    • a sudden, unprepared modulation.
  3. a passage from one scene to another by sound effects, music, etc., as in a television program, theatrical production, or the like.

v.i. 
  1. to make a transition:He had difficulty transitioning from enlisted man to officer.
  • Latin trānsitiōn- (stem of trānsitiō) a going across, equivalent. to trānsit(us) (past participle of transīre to cross; compare transit) + -iōn- -ion
  • 1545–55
tran•sition•al, tran•si•tion•a•ry (tran zishə ner′ē, -sish-)USA pronunciation, adj. tran•si tion•al•ly, adv. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged changeover, passing, conversion.

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