Not only have we been transmogrified into habitual consumers, but we are increasingly defining ourselves and each other in terms of objects.

我们不但已经被改变为习惯性消费者，而且我们越来越根据物品来定义自己和别人。我们已经开始盲目迷恋商品。

Atradition of " deploying" party loyalists to run state-owned firms transmogrified, under Mr Zuma, into a habit of planting cronies into positions that enabled them to steal.

在祖玛领导下，“部署”党的忠诚分子经营国有企业，已经改变了南非的习惯，即在让他们在关键位置上任人唯亲。