1PHRASAL VERB 打开(设备);接通(…的供应) When you turn on a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you cause heat, sound, or water to be produced by adjusting the controls. 打开(设备);接通(…的供应)
I want to turn on the television. [VERBPREP. noun]
我想开电视。
She asked them why they hadn't turned the lights on. [VERB noun PREP.]
她问他们为什么不开灯。
2PHRASAL VERB 诱惑;激发…的性欲 If someone or something turns you on, they attract you and make you feel sexually excited. 诱惑;激发…的性欲 [informal] [Also VERBPREPOSITION n (not pron)]
The body that turns men on doesn't have to be perfect. [VERB noun PREP.]
4PHRASAL VERB 突然表现得;突然装出 If you say that someone turns on a particular way of behaving, you mean that they suddenly start behaving in that way, and you are often also suggesting that this is insincere. 突然表现得;突然装出 [informal] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
He could also turn on the style when the occasion demanded. [VERBPREP. noun]
如果场合需要,他也能瞬间就表现得风度翩翩。
5PHRASAL VERB 对…进行身体(或语言)攻击;斥责 If someone turns on you, they attack you or speak angrily to you. 对…进行身体(或语言)攻击;斥责
Demonstrators turned on police, overturning vehicles and setting fire to them. [VERBPREP. noun]
示威者攻击警察,推翻车辆并将其纵火焚烧。
He turned on Pete and accused him of being mixed up in drugs. [VERBPREP. noun]
他怒斥皮特,指责他沾染毒品。
6PHRASAL VERB 依靠;取决于 If something turns on a particular thing, its success or truth depends on that thing. 依靠;取决于
The plot turns on whether Ilsa will choose her lover or her husband. [VERBPREP. noun]