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大凡一件事的性质由“消遣的”而变为“义务的”，便觉得兴味索然。

Any pastime which is converted into an obligation loses its taste.

我国正在从落后农业国变为新兴的工业国。

Our country is changing from a backwards agricultural country into a newly developed industrial country.

虽然海水淡化技术能够将海水变为饮用淡水，但成本太昂贵，无法实现规模化。

Though seawater can be changed into fresh water through seawater desalination technology, but it can not be mass produced due to its high cost.

A writer turned actor.

作家变为演员。

Water passes from liquid to solid if you freeze it.

如果进行冷冻的话，水会由液态变为固态。

Almost at a leap Tess thus changed from simple girl to complex woman.

苔丝就这样，差不多由头脑简单的女孩子，一跃而变为思想复杂的妇人了。

Long weather-stained in the storms and calms of all four oceans, his woodwork was darkened like the skin of an old sailor.

经历过四海的风暴和宁静，他的木板像老水手的皮肤一样的变为黝黑了。

Your generosity, your goodness, your pure love has enabled this possibility.

你的慷慨，你的善良，你纯真的爱使这个可能性变为可能。

An old boathouse has been converted into a three-bedroomed cottage.

老船坞已变为一个拥有三间卧室的小农舍。

My father's deterrence shaded into acceptance.

我父亲逐渐由制止变为接受。

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