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Transmuting

“Transmuting” 指把一种物质或状态转变为另一种,常带有深刻或近乎神奇的变化感,如 transmuting lead into gold(点石成金)的炼金术意象,也可喻指 transmuting grief into art(把悲伤化为艺术)。

  1. “The alchemist dreamed of transmuting base metals into gold.” (炼金术士梦想把贱金属炼成黄金。)
  2. “She is transmuting years of journal entries into a memoir.” (她正把多年的日记转化成回忆录。)
  3. “Heat and pressure are transmuting the raw ore into usable steel.” (高温高压正把原矿转化成可用钢材。)

“Transmuting” 来自拉丁语 transmutare,由 trans-(越过、改变)与 mutare(改变)构成,mut- 与 mutable、mutation 同源。

“trans-” 表示“转变”;“-mute” 来自 mutare(改变);“-ing” 为现在分词。

炼金术与科幻语境中常见;现代多用于比喻性表达,形容深刻转化,语气比 change 更庄重。

  • 固定搭配: “transmuting energy” (转化能量), “transmuting pain into purpose” (把痛苦化为目标)
  • 原形: transmute
  • 名词: transmutation

“trans + mutate + ing”:让 mutate(突变)跨越形态——transmuting 就是正在使本质转化蜕变。

“By transmuting scrap wood into furniture, the craftsman gave discarded materials a second life.” (工匠把废木料转化成家具,让被丢弃的材料重获新生。)