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

• They are mindful that, as Robert Gates, defence secretary, puts it, there has been a "sea change" in the attitude of the South Korean public, which is now unwilling to endure North Korean attacks.
  国防部长罗伯特盖茨称韩国人非常留心，韩国民众对于朝鲜的态度有了“根本的改变”，他们不愿再忍受朝鲜的攻击。
• The sea change came with the classes that graduated in 2002 and 2003.
  这种巨大转变发生在2002年和2003年毕业的学生身上。
• As new generations of employees arrive generations born and raised with technology in their hands do managers really understand the huge sea change in how the young work force is wired?
  当新一代的员工到来时这代人与技术一起出生和成长管理人员能真正理解这些新生的劳动力带来的突然而彻底的巨变吗？
• 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？
• 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。
• The Prime Minister is convinced that there will soon be a sea change in the relations between the two countries.
  首相相信两国间的关系不久将会有根本的变化。
• The past one and a half centuries saw two world wars and three important scientific and technological revolutions. Out world has undergone a sea change and achieved unprecedented advancement in science and technology and productivity.
  在这一个半世纪中，发生过两次世界大战，出现过三次重要的科技革命，世界发生了沧桑巨变，科技进步和生产力水平都有史无前例的飞跃。
• This represents a sea change in pharmaceutical policies.
  这代表着制药政策上的巨大变化。
• Roughly 30 years after the beginning of the Thatcher-Reagan era, another sea change is upon us.
  在撒切尔和里根时代开始约30年后，一轮新的巨变正降临在我们身上。
• Shaw's novel has undergone quite a sea change.
  肖伯纳的小说已经有了很重大的变化。