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基本釋義

vt.& vi.
(使)反轉(zhuǎn); (使)顛倒; 調(diào)換,交換; [法]撤消,推翻
vi.
倒退; [橋牌]逆叫
adj.
反面的; 顛倒的; 倒開的; [生]倒卷的
n.
倒轉(zhuǎn),反向; [機(jī)]回動(dòng); 倒退; 失敗

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

to reverse a procedure/process/trend

徹底改變程序 / 過程 / 趨勢

牛津詞典

The government has failed to reverse the economic decline.

政府未能扭轉(zhuǎn)經(jīng)濟(jì)滑坡的趨勢。

牛津詞典

It is sometimes possible to arrest or reverse the disease.

有時(shí)可以阻止病情發(fā)展或使病情徹底好轉(zhuǎn)。

牛津詞典

The Court of Appeal reversed the decision.

上訴法庭撤銷了這項(xiàng)裁決。

牛津詞典

Writing is reversed in a mirror.

鏡子里的字是反的。

牛津詞典

You should reverse the order of these pages.

你該把這幾頁的順序顛倒過來。

牛津詞典

It felt as if we had reversed our roles of parent and child.

感覺就像我們父母和孩子交換了角色。

牛津詞典

She used to work for me, but our situations are now reversed.

過去她為我工作,而現(xiàn)在我們的地位對調(diào)了。

牛津詞典

He has reversed himself on a dozen issues.

他已經(jīng)不再堅(jiān)持自己在一系列問題上的立場。

牛津詞典

Now reverse the car.

現(xiàn)在倒車。

牛津詞典

He reversed around the corner.

他倒車轉(zhuǎn)過拐角。

牛津詞典

She reversed into a parking space.

她將車倒著開進(jìn)停車位。

牛津詞典

Caution! This truck is reversing.

小心!卡車在倒車。

牛津詞典

I want to reverse the charges, please.

勞駕,我想打一個(gè)由受話人付費(fèi)的電話。

牛津詞典

This problem is the reverse of the previous one.

這個(gè)問題和上一個(gè)問題相反。

牛津詞典

They have made it clear they will not reverse the decision to increase prices...

他們已經(jīng)明確表示不會(huì)更改提價(jià)的決定。

The rise, the first in 10 months, reversed the downward trend in Belgium's jobless rate.

10個(gè)月來失業(yè)率的首次上升逆轉(zhuǎn)了比利時(shí)失業(yè)率持續(xù)下降的趨勢。

In the squares place a penny, nickel, dime and quarter in that order. The object is to reverse the order of these coins...

在這些方塊中按順序放置1分、5分、10分和25分的硬幣各一枚。目標(biāo)是顛倒這些硬幣的順序。

The normal word order is reversed in passive sentences.

正常詞序在被動(dòng)句中是顛倒的。

He reversed the position of the two stamps.

他將兩枚郵票的位置調(diào)換了一下。

Another car reversed out of the drive...

另一輛車倒出了車道。

He reversed and drove away...

他把車倒出來,開走了。

He lurched the car in reverse along the ruts to the access road.

他順著車轍搖搖晃晃地將車倒到了支路上。

The wrong attitude will have exactly the reverse effect.

錯(cuò)誤的態(tài)度會(huì)產(chǎn)生完全相反的效果。

There is absolutely no evidence at all that spectators want longer cricket matches. Quite the reverse...

完全沒有證據(jù)表明觀眾想看時(shí)間更長的板球比賽。情況恰恰相反。

This would lead one to expect a fat, dense and detailed autobiography. The reverse is true. The book is short and spare.

這會(huì)讓人以為是一本內(nèi)容晦澀而詳盡的大部頭自傳。但正好相反,這本書簡短明了。

It's clear that the party of the former Prime Minister has suffered a major reverse.

顯然,前首相所在黨派遭受了重大的挫折。

Cheques should be made payable to Country Living and your address written on the reverse.

支票抬頭必須寫“《鄉(xiāng)村生活》雜志”,你的地址應(yīng)寫在背面。

Amis tells the story in reverse, from the moment the man dies...

埃米斯以倒敘的方式講述了這個(gè)故事,從這個(gè)男人死去的時(shí)候開始講起。

The downward trend went into reverse and the scores started to creep up again.

比分下降的趨勢發(fā)生逆轉(zhuǎn),分?jǐn)?shù)又開始逐漸上升了。

真題例句

Since the current world food shortage is trend-driven, the environmental trends that cause it must be reversed.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

In contrast, the recent surge in world grain prices is trend-driven, making it unlikely to reverse without a reversal in the trends themselves.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

As our special report in this issue (printed before Mr Jobs's death) explains, innovation used to spill over from military and corporate laboratories to the consumer market, but lately this process has gone into reverse.

出自-2012年12月閱讀原文

As a physician, nutrition is one of the most powerful things you can change to reverse the effects of long-term disease.

2018年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

I think we should try to reverse that.

2018年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

Research findings increasingly show the power of food to treat or reverse diseases, but that does not mean that diet alone is always the solution, or that every illness can benefit substantially from dietary changes.

2018年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

The caffeine—the equivalent of two strong cups of coffee, was sufficient to reverse this effect, with some cyclists even displaying increased eye movement speeds.

2017年6月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section A

In wealthy societies, the logic often reverses.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

Now the question must be reversed.

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

Google has reversed this – it has simply copied all these works without bothering to ask.

出自-2011年12月閱讀原文

Those who are thinking their time did reverse spending time socializing instead of working.

出自-2014年6月聽力原文

If the light was kept steady, the dolphins were supposed to press the levers in reverse order.

出自-2012年6月聽力原文

Her time-lapse videos of the revivals look like someone playing a tape of the plant's death in reverse.

2018年6月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

They found that students with more potential earned more as adults, and the reverse held true as well, no matter where they went to school.

2018年6月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

Feeling good, I emptied my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park.

2015年高考英語上海卷 語法填空 A 原文

The networked computer offers the first chance in 50 years to reverse the flow, to encourage thoughtful downloading and, even more importantly, meaningful uploading.

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

For example, Business Week predicted in 1975 that electronic means of payment would soon "revolutionize the very concept of money itself", only to reverse itself several years later.

2013年考研真題(英語二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

The networked computer offers the first chance in 50 years to reverse the flow, to encourage thoughtful downloading and, even more importantly, meaningful uploading.

2012年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

We still have the imaginative capacity to rise above temptation and reverse the high-speed trend.

2013年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Yet we can reverse such influences.

2013年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. a relation of direct opposition;

    "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"

  • 2. the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

  • 3. an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

  • 4. the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design

  • 5. (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction

  • 6. turning in the opposite direction

Verb
  • 1. change to the contrary;

    "The trend was reversed"

    "the tides turned against him"

    "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

  • 2. turn inside out or upside down

  • 3. rule against;

    "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

  • 4. annul by recalling or rescinding;

    "He revoked the ban on smoking"

    "lift an embargo"

    "vacate a death sentence"

Adjective
  • 1. directed or moving toward the rear;

    "a rearward glance"

    "a rearward movement"

  • 2. reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

  • 3. of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle;

    "in reverse gear"

同義詞辨析

opposite, contrary, adverse, reverse, converse

這些形容詞均含"相反的,對立的"之意。

  • opposite: 指位置、方向、行動(dòng)或想法等完全相反。
  • contrary: 一般指與某種主張、看法或行為等正好相反,隱含否定一方并不意味著肯定另一方的意味。
  • adverse: 通常指違害利益的、無生命的勢力或條件等,側(cè)重分歧。
  • reverse: 指朝相反方向的或反面(背面)的。
  • converse: 指在方向、行動(dòng)或意見上相反的。

同義詞

反義詞

n.背面,反面

obverserecto

其他釋義

rectoobverse

最新英語單詞

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