彻底改变(性格，外貌);把……变成……(change the appearance or nature completely)[T+n，T+n+prep (from) (into)]：His marriage/A year abroad has～ed him. 他的婚姻/在国外呆了一年完全改变了他的性格。A little paint～ed his old car. 刷了一点油漆使他的旧车焕然一新。～the area from a desert into a swamp 把那一地区从沙漠变为沼泽地;～kitchens into beautiful sitting-rooms/caterpillars into butterflies/ordinary words into a meaningful and effective piece of writing 把厨房变成漂亮的起居室/毛虫变成蝴蝶/普通的词汇变成富有意义且很有力的一篇文章;～heat into power 把热能转化成动力;〖同〗change，turn，convert，alter;

→͵transfor′mation n 变化，转变;trans-′former n 变压器;trans′formable adj 可变化的;可变形的;

【说明】一般情况下，我们常常用短语“transform sth into another thing”，但用transform的过去分词transformed时，后面的介词也可用to，如：A piece of waste ground had been transformed to a most attractive garden. (一片荒地已经变成了令人赏心悦目的花园。)