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单词 transfer
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transferverb

uk/trænsˈfɜːr/us/ˈtræns.fɝː/-rr-

B1 [ T ] to move someone or something from one place, vehicle, person, or group to another:

He has been transferred to a psychiatric hospital.
She transferred her gun from its shoulder holster to her handbag.
We were transferred from one bus into another.
Police are investigating how £20 million was illegally transferred from/out of the trust's bank account.
The aim is to transfer power/control/responsibility to self-governing regional councils.

to arrange for someone to answer phone calls received on one telephone on another telephone:

I'll be upstairs, so could you transfer my phone calls up there, please?

B2 [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to change to a different job, team, place of work, etc., or to make someone do this:

After a year he transferred to University College, Dublin.
My employer wanted to transfer me to another department.
Some very high-profile players have transferred to clubs abroad.
He threatened to give up playing if his club didn't transfer him (= sell him to another team).

[ T ] to make something the legal property of another person:

She transferred the house to her daughter before she died.

More examples

  • The new government's policy is to transfer state industries from the public sector to the private sector.
  • It was his instinct for self-preservation that led him to abandon his former friends and transfer his allegiance to the new rulers.
  • I transferred the mixture to an oven-proof dish.
  • She has transferred her affection to someone else now.
  • He transferred to the Paris branch in May.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Transferring and transporting objects

  • bearer
  • bike
  • borne
  • bring
  • budge
  • bus
  • call for sb
  • drop
  • ferry
  • freight
  • pick sb/sth up
  • put sb down somewhere
  • road haulage
  • route
  • spirit
  • tear 1
  • tear sb away
  • tote
  • transport
  • transportation

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Changing homes & moving
Communications - by telephone
Promoting staff
Inheriting & bequeathing
transferable
adjective uk/trænsˈfɜː.rə.bəl/us/trænsˈfɝː.ə.bəl/

The tickets were marked "not transferable".

transfernoun

uk/ˈtræns.fɜːr/us/ˈtræns.fɝː/

transfer noun (MOVE/CHANGE)

B2 the movement of something or someone from one place, position, etc. to another:

the transfer of information
Black's transfer to the Austin office came as a shock his colleagues.
The official transfer of ownership will take a few days to complete.

More examples

  • His transfer to Liverpool hit the headlines.
  • Any transfer of cash must be registered.
  • The transfer of responsibility to our department means a heavier workload.

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Promoting staff

  • aggrandizement
  • ascend
  • career-limiting
  • demote
  • depute
  • elevation
  • exalt
  • fast track
  • free transfer
  • handover
  • in the wilderness idiom
  • install
  • promotion
  • rank
  • second 1
  • subordination
  • time-scale promotion
  • upgradation
  • upshifter
  • vault

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Transferring and transporting objects

transfer noun (SPORTS)

[ C ] a player who has moved from one sports team to another:

He came to the team as a transfer from Tottenham.

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Competitors & participants in sports & games

  • back four
  • benchwarmer
  • boot boy
  • center forward
  • center half
  • defence
  • eleven
  • fielder
  • finisher
  • gymnast
  • outfield player
  • outside forward
  • phoenix club
  • playmaker
  • poacher
  • runner
  • scratch
  • sprint
  • underdog
  • winger

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Promoting staff

transfer noun (TRANSPORT)

[ C ] transport provided between two places, for example between an airport and hotel:

The price includes flight, hotel and all transfers.

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Travelling

  • backpacking
  • bum around (somewhere)
  • catch
  • connect
  • cover
  • cruise
  • destination
  • gad about/around (somewhere)
  • gallivant
  • have sth, will travel idiom
  • override
  • ply
  • road
  • roam
  • tootle
  • tourist class
  • travel
  • travelled
  • voyage
  • well travelled

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transfer noun (TRAVEL TICKET)

[ C ] US a ticket that allows a passenger to change routes or to change from one bus or train to another

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Tickets

  • apex
  • boarding pass
  • coach class
  • day return
  • economy class
  • MetroCard
  • Oyster card
  • pass
  • railcard
  • rain check
  • return
  • return ticket
  • season ticket
  • single
  • subscription
  • ticket
  • ticketless
  • timed ticket
  • walk-up price

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transfer noun (PATTERN)

[ C ] a picture or pattern that can be attached to a surface by pressing it against the surface and then rubbing or heating it:

The kids bought transfers and ironed them onto their T-shirts.
Compare
decal

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Pictures

  • -scape
  • abstract
  • aquatint
  • balloon
  • canvas
  • caricature
  • cartoon
  • graphics
  • halo
  • identikit
  • illustration
  • infographic
  • pencil
  • pixelated
  • poster
  • seascape
  • self-portrait
  • shade
  • sketch
  • speech bubble

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transferverb

uk/trænsˈfɜːr/us-rr-

[ T ] to move someone or something from one place to another:

transfer sb/sth to sth The company is to transfer 1500 jobs to India by the end of the year.
Anyone transferring a pension from one company to another could be hit by early exit penalties.
The idea is to transfer all the firm's operational business to the web.

[ I or T ] WORKPLACE to change to a different job, team, place of work, or situation, or to make someone do this:

transfer to sth A small number of employees will be offered a chance to transfer to California.
transfer sb to sth The manager transferred him to another store.
transfer between sth You can transfer between ISA providers during the tax year.

[ T ] BANKING, FINANCE to move money from one account to another:

transfer sth to/into sth The money will be transferred into your bank account.
He opened an instant access account and transferred his savings.

[ T ] IT to move data from one computer, system, etc. to another:

transfer sth to sth All forms have been transferred to disk.

[ T ] LAW to make something the legal property of another person:

transfer sth to sb Married couples do not have to pay this tax if property is transferred from one to the other after death.

[ T ] COMMUNICATIONS to pass a phone call from one phone to another:

transfer sb to sb Please hold while I transfer you to my supervisor.

transfernoun

uk/ˈtrænsfɜːr/us

[ U ] the process of moving someone or something from one place to another:

Very little of the bank's business will be affected by the parent group's transfer of jobs to Asia.
Technical problems were delaying the money transfer.

[ C ] an occasion when someone or something moves from one place to another:

Many merchants who prefer electronic transfers to dealing with the paper checks.
This account requires 14 days' notice for transfers out.
He loved living there but had to sell because of a job transfer.

[ U ] LAW the act of making something the legal property of another person:

You will need to pay a solicitor to handle the transfer of ownership of the property from the seller to you.

See also

balance transfer
bank transfer
blank transfer
book transfer
cable transfer
capital transfer tax
credit transfer
deed of transfer
file transfer
telegraphic transfer
wireless transfer
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