1 VERB 逆轉,徹底改變(決定、政策、趨勢等) When someone or something
reverses a decision, policy, or trend, they change it to the opposite decision, policy, or trend.
逆轉,徹底改變(決定、政策、趨勢等) -
They have made it clear they will not reverse the decision to increase prices. [VERB noun]
他們已經明確表示不會更改提價的決定。
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The rise, the first in 10 months, reversed the downward trend in Belgium's jobless rate. [VERB noun]
10個月來失業率的首次上升逆轉了比利時失業率持續下降的趨勢。
2 VERB 颠倒,反轉(事物的順序) If you
reverse the order of a set of things, you arrange them in the opposite order, so that the first thing comes last.
颠倒,反轉(事物的順序) -
In the squares place a penny, nickel, dime and quarter in that order. The object is to reverse the order of these coins. [VERB noun]
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。目標是颠倒這些硬幣的順序。
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The normal word order is reversed in passive sentences. [be VERB-ed]
正常詞序在被動句中是颠倒的。
3 VERB 交換,互換(位置、功能) If you
reverse the positions or functions of two things, you change them so that each thing has the position or function that the other one had.
交換,互換(位置、功能) 4 V-ERG 倒(車) When a car
reverses or when you
reverse it, the car is driven backwards.
倒(車) [mainly British] -
Another car reversed out of the drive. [VERB]
另一輛車倒出了車道。
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He reversed and drove away. [VERB]
他把車倒出來,開走了。
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He reversed his car straight at the policeman. [VERB noun]
他徑直把車倒向警察。
SYN go backwards,
retreat,
back up,
turn back in AM, usually use 美國英語通常用 back up
5 N-UNCOUNT [usu in/into N] 倒擋;倒車 If your car is
in reverse, you have changed gear so that you can drive it backwards.
倒擋;倒車 6 ADJ [usually ADJ n] 相反的 Reverse means opposite to what you expect or to what has just been described.
相反的 7 N-SING 完全相反;正相反 If you say that one thing is
the reverse of another, you are emphasizing that the first thing is the complete opposite of the second thing.
完全相反;正相反 -
There is absolutely no evidence at all that spectators want longer cricket matches. Quite the reverse.
完全沒有證據表明觀衆想看時間更長的板球比賽。情況恰恰相反。
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This would lead one to expect a fat, dense and detailed autobiography. The reverse is true. The book is short and spare.
這會讓人以爲是一本内容晦澀而詳盡的大部頭自傳。但正好相反,這本書簡短明了。
8 N-COUNT 嚴重的失敗;挫折 A
reverse is a serious failure or defeat.
嚴重的失敗;挫折 [formal] 9 N-SING 反面;背面 The reverse or
the reverse side of a flat object which has two sides is the less important or the other side.
反面;背面 10 PHRASE 相反地;逆向地;颠倒地 If something happens
in reverse or goes
into reverse, things happen in the opposite way to what usually happens or to what has been happening.
相反地;逆向地;颠倒地 -
Amis tells the story in reverse, from the moment the man dies.
埃米斯以倒叙的方式講述了這個故事,從這個男人死去的時候開始講起。
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The downward trend went into reverse and the scores started to creep up again.
比分下降的趨勢發生逆轉,分數又開始逐漸上升了。
11 PHRASE 打對方付費的電話 If you
reverse the charges when you make a telephone call, the person who you are phoning pays the cost of the call and not you.
打對方付費的電話 [British] in AM, use 美國英語用 call collect
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