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transubstantiate

/tran-suhb-stan-shee-eyt/US // ˌtræn səbˈstæn ʃiˌeɪt //UK // (ˌtrænsəbˈstænʃɪˌeɪt) //

转化,转体,转印,转世

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ed, tran·sub·stan·ti·at·ing.

    • : to change from one substance into another; transmute.
    • : Theology. to change into the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.

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Examples

  • The pope can transubstantiate sin into duty, and duty into sin.

  • He also speaks of the effect of eating mutton being to "transubstantiate sheep into man."

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