to change the appearance of a person or thing very much, usually in a very positive and often spiritual way使变样;使改观
As she gazed down at the baby, her face was transfigured with tenderness.当她低头凝视着宝宝时,她的表情变得充满柔情。
The assassination somehow transfigured Kennedy into a modern American saint.这起暗杀事件不知怎的将肯尼迪变成了美国的现代圣人。