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

• 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。
• And I fear that when you can afford to fish up the honor and virtue and kindness you've thrown overboard, you'll find they have suffered a sea change and not, I fear, into something rich and strange.
  恐怕等你认为有能力把你扔掉的体面、纯洁与宽厚打捞上来的时候，你会发现它们已经在海里起了很大变化，但我想并没有变得充实，变得新奇。
• One of the best buffers to a perceived sea change is to distribute leadership early on.
  如果已经预见到重大变故，尽早分配领导权能够提供最佳的缓冲效果。
• This argument, however, is starting to look increasingly frayed, with a sea change in recent years in the attitude of many multinationals, who now view China and its huge emerging market as a future hub for science and technology.
  然而，这个观点似乎越来越站不住脚了。最近几年，许多跨国公司的态度发生了巨大转变，它们现在将中国及其巨大的新兴市场视为未来的科技中心。
• Uber, and more broadly the app-driven labor market it represents, is at the center of what could be a sea change in work, and in how people think about their jobs.
  Uber，以及更广义来说，它所代表的由应用软件驱动的劳动力市场，处于一个工作上的，及人们如何看待自己的工作的巨变的核心。
• It is a symptom of a sea change in the way that the internet is being used, he says. Social shopping is building on a desire to contribute to the internet rather than just consume.
  这象征着互联网的使用方法发生了巨大变化，他表示，社交购物依赖的是为互联网做出贡献的意愿，而非仅仅是消费。
• 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。
• Personal ads have also undergone a sea change, growing more numerous and more humble.
  征婚启事也大有改观，数量更多且更为谦逊。
• This is a sea change in job definition.
  这是职业定义的巨大变化。
• 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。