change sea
根本的改变
sea change这个词组典故是出自莎士比亚的名剧《暴风 雨》(The Tempest),剧中的小精灵Ariel对青年Ferdinand 唱了首歌,谎称他遭遇船难的父亲巳经死了,经由a sea change晚变成珊瑚和珍珠等。后来,sea change 一词就常 用来表示「脱胎换骨的转变」。
President Clinton is reviewing all 160 affirmative- action programs,and he is expected to conclude that at least some of them must go- The result is a sea change in the way the government and the whole of American society approaches the volatile issue of discrimination by race and gender.(出自:TIME,Mar. 20,1995,p. 36 )
柯林顿总统正在审核共一百六+项有关济助弱势团体的计划,而 且据估计他至少会决定删除一部分。美国政府与整个美国社会对 种族和性别歧视这两个充满变数问题的看法,也产生了根本的改变。