To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass.

使凝固引起(液体或溶胶)转为或似转为软的、半固体的或固体的物质。

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But they all require elaborate and expensive transformation into electricity or liquid fuels in order to meet society's need.

但要将这些资源转化成电力或者是液体燃料以满足社会需要，都需要复杂的技术和昂贵的成本。

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The transformation rate increases with increasing liquid flux, but it cannot obviously be improved when liquid flux attains some level.

液体流量增加，转化率提高，但液体流量达到一定程度时，氘转化率几乎不再变化；

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Cox believes that all in all--transformation, transportation, refining--he can make liquid fuels more cheaply by turning natural gas into GTL than can producers that start by extracting crude oil.

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