seachange
根本的改变
讲解:
sea change这个词组典故是出自莎士比亚的名剧《暴风雨》(The Tempest),剧中的小精灵Ariel对青年Ferdinand唱了首歌,谎称他遭遇船难的父亲已经死了,经由a sea change晚变成珊瑚和珍珠等。后来,sea change一词就常用来表示「脱胎换骨的转变」。
例句:
President Clinton is reviewing all 160 affirmative- action programs,and he is expected to conclude that at least some of them must go- The result is a sea change in the way the government and the whole of American society approaches the volatile issue of discrimination by race and gender.(出自:TIME,Mar. 20,1995,p. 36 )
柯林顿总统正在审核共一百六十项有关济助弱势团体的计划,而且据估计他至少会决定删除一部分。美国政府与整个美国社会对种族和性别歧视这两个充满变数问题的看法,也产生了根本的改变。