trans-,转移，转变，-mut,改变，词源同 mutate,mutual.

1. Medieval alchemists attempted to transmute base metals into gold.

中世纪的炼丹术士企图把贱金属炼成金.

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2. We can transmute water power into electrical power.

我们能将水力变成电力.

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3. One of the supreme quests of alchemy is to transmute lead into gold.

炼金术的终极目的之一是将铅转化为金。

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4. It is possible to transmute one form of energy into another.

把某种形态的能量改变成另一形态的能量是可能的.

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5. A radioactive atom could transmute itself into an entirely different kind of atom.

放射性原子本身能嬗变为性质完全不同的另一种原子.

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