徹底改變(性格，外貌);把……變成……(change the appearance or nature completely)[T+n，T+n+prep (from) (into)]：His marriage/A year abroad has～ed him. 他的婚姻/在國(guó)外呆了一年完全改變了他的性格。A little paint～ed his old car. 刷了一點(diǎn)油漆使他的舊車(chē)煥然一新?！玹he area from a desert into a swamp 把那一地區(qū)從沙漠變?yōu)檎訚傻?～kitchens into beautiful sitting-rooms/caterpillars into butterflies/ordinary words into a meaningful and effective piece of writing 把廚房變成漂亮的起居室/毛蟲(chóng)變成蝴蝶/普通的詞匯變成富有意義且很有力的一篇文章;～heat into power 把熱能轉(zhuǎn)化成動(dòng)力;〖同〗change，turn，convert，alter;
→?transfor′mation n 變化，轉(zhuǎn)變;trans-′former n 變壓器;trans′formable adj 可變化的;可變形的;
【說(shuō)明】一般情況下，我們常常用短語(yǔ)“transform sth into another thing”，但用transform的過(guò)去分詞transformed時(shí)，后面的介詞也可用to，如：A piece of waste ground had been transformed to a most attractive garden. (一片荒地已經(jīng)變成了令人賞心悅目的花園。)