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

• What with teleconferencing, Skype, and global conference calls, technology has wrought a sea change in the way people hold meetings.
  电话会议、Skype在线视频通话以及全球视频会议等技术不断涌现，极大地改变了人们举行会议的方式。
• 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。
• 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。
• This represents a sea change in pharmaceutical policies.
  这代表着制药政策上的巨大变化。
• 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。
• Some are now suggesting that the rest of Asia is beginning to follow Japan and that the past year is clear evidence of a sea change in Asian investor behaviour.
  有些人现在表示，其他亚洲国家开始效仿日本，而过去一年亚洲投资者行为发生翻天覆地的变化就是明证。
• 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？
• "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。
• 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。
• This could mark the turning point for another sea change; Web 2.0 to mobile.
  这种变化标志着另一次重大转变的转折点已经来临，即从Web2.0发展到移动应用。