transitional

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tran·si·tion·al /trænˈzɪʃənəl, -ˈsɪ-/ AWL adjectiveadj

1 CHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHERrelating to a period during which something is changing from one state or form into another 过渡的

transitional period/stage etc

a transitional period during the switch to the euro

向欧元转换的过渡时期

2. transitional government PGa temporary government, usually one that governs until official elections can take place in a country 过渡政府

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transitional government• On the closing day of the conference, Eyadema recognized Koffigoh as Prime Minister of the transitional government.• The National Executive Council resigned but was re-appointed on an interim basis pending the selection by Soglo of a transitional government.• Meanwhile, the transitional government continued to face challenges to its authority.• Ghozali, anxious to emphasize the non-party nature of his transitional government, did not attend.• A transitional government of 28 ministers and six secretaries of state was named by Compaoré on June 16.• According to the communiqué, a transitional government was scheduled to be appointed in January 1991.

—transitionally adverbadv

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transitional• Such ideas as the development of the emotions are not transcendent but transitional.• The National Executive Council resigned but was re-appointed on an interim basis pending the selection by Soglo of a transitional government.• The transitional period for a company will begin when it is privatised and will be at least six months and up to 16 months.• New political reforms were announced in April 1990, to include the introduction of a three-party system after a one-year transitional period.• Students are not eligible for community charge benefit in respect of such a period, but may be eligible for transitional relief.• Nietzsche, it seems, was at a transitional stage.• It recommends that resources for the developments in primary and community care to pump-prime and provide transitional support be secured urgently.

transitional period/stage etc• Luckily Thoth, possessing more compassion than he'd dared hope, soothed him through the transitional period.• These managers were from the transitional period between the Organization Man age and the baby boomer generation.• This is a transitional period between wakefulness and sleep lasting only about three to five minutes.• The transitional period for a company will begin when it is privatised and will be at least six months and up to 16 months.• In communities especially, and after some transitional period in the factories as well.• The outcome of this transitional period is unknown, but the forces pushing and pulling at various possibilities can be discerned.• Each separation contains symbolic significance, incorporating transitional stages of liminality.• Only during the transitional period when unemployment is rising will the chain be lengthened somewhat.

tran·si·tion·al adjectiveadj

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