Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
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从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
n. 过渡，转变，变迁;[语]转换;[乐]变调;
💡 trans交换+it行走+ion名词后缀→交换走→过渡，转变
"the transition from school to full-time work"
从学校到全日工作的过渡阶段
近义：passing
n. 定义;规定，明确;[物]清晰度;解释;
💡 de使…成为+fin界限+ition名词后缀→划出界限→定义
"Can you give a more precise definition of the word?"
你能给这个词下个更确切的定义吗？
近义：outline, picture, portraiture, term, word, delineation
反义：hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, indistinctness, irresolution, uncertainty
vt. 要求;需要;想要;命令;
vi. 要求，规定;
💡 re再+quire寻求，询问→再寻求→请求
"My job is so repetitive, it does not require much conscious thought."
我的工作重复性很强, 不需要很多有意识的思考.
近义：involve, lack, necessitate, need, summon, take
反义：hold, own, possess, muster, meet, boast
adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 变形（尤指从蛹变为昆虫）;（性格、环境等的）改变;
💡 meta超过，改变+morphosis形状→变形状→蜕变，变形
"the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly"
从毛毛虫到蝴蝶的蜕变
近义：mutation, saltation, transfiguration, transformation, transmutation, allaxis
adj. 严肃的，严重的;认真的，庄重的;重要的;危险的;
💡 射(se)日(ri)用藉丝(ous) 严肃的问题
"Her involvement in the fraud has left a serious blot on her character."
她卷入了这次欺诈案，在她的品格上留下了一个很大的污点。
近义：reliable, responsible, sedate, staid, trustworthy, trusty
反义：undependable, untrustworthy, feckless, slight, trifling, unimportant