| 释义 |
Verb: translate trans'leyt- Restate (words) from one language into another language
"I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "He translates for the U.N."
- interpret, render - Change from one form or medium into another
"Braque translated collage into oil"
- transform - Make sense of a language
- understand, read, interpret - Bring to a certain spiritual state
- Change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
- Be equivalent in effect
"the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power" - Be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
"poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English" - Subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
- Express, as in simple and less technical language
"Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"; "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?" - Determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
Derived forms: translated, translates, translating See also: translation, translator Type of: alter, ascertain, be, change, channel, channelise [Brit], channelize, determine, displace, equal, find, find out, ingeminate, iterate, modify, move, paraphrase, reiterate, repeat, rephrase, restate, retell, reword, transfer, transmit, transport, understand Encyclopedia: Translate |