reverse
verb- [transitive] reverse something
to change something completely so that it is the opposite of what it was before 颠倒;彻底转变;使完全相反 Falling birth rates may reverse the trend towards early retirement. 出生率下降可能会扭转提前退休的趋势。 to reverse a procedure/process 逆转程序/过程 The government has failed to reverse the economic decline. 政府未能扭转经济滑坡的趋势。 It is sometimes possible to arrest or reverse the disease. 有时可以阻止病情发展或使病情彻底好转。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- dramatically
- completely
- exactly
- …
- seek to
- try to
- fail to
- …
- [transitive] reverse something
to change a previous decision, law, etc. to the opposite one synonym revoke撤销,废除(决定、法律等) The Court of Appeal reversed the decision. 上诉法庭撤销了这项裁决。 The policy is likely to be reversed if there is a change of government. 如果政府改组,这项政策很可能被废除。 to reverse a judgement 推翻判决
- [transitive] reverse something
to turn something the opposite way around or change the order of something around 使反转;使次序颠倒 Writing is reversed in a mirror. 镜子里的字是反的。 You should reverse the order of these pages. 你该把这几页的顺序颠倒过来。 To solve the puzzle, simply reverse the order of the numbers. 要解开这个谜,只要颠倒数字的顺序即可。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- dramatically
- completely
- exactly
- …
- seek to
- try to
- fail to
- …
- [transitive] reverse something
to exchange the positions or functions of two things 交换(位置或功能) - [transitive] reverse yourself (on something) (North American English)
to admit you were wrong or to stop having a particular position in an argument 承认错误;放弃(立场) - [intransitive, transitive] (especially British English)
when a vehicle or its driver reverses or the driver reverses a vehicle, the vehicle goes backwards (使)倒退行驶;倒车 He reversed around the corner. 他倒车转过拐角。 She reversed into a parking space. 她将车倒着开进停车位。 Caution! This truck is reversing. 小心!卡车在倒车。 - reverse something
Now reverse the car. 现在倒车。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1He reversed slowly out of the garage. 他慢慢地从车库倒了出来。 She carefully reversed the lorry up the narrow driveway. 她小心地倒车,让卡车沿狭窄的车道而上。 The car reversed into a hedge. 汽车倒进树篱里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slowly
- in
- out
- …
- into
- out of
- [transitive] reverse (the) charges (British English)
to make a phone call that will be paid for by the person you are calling, not by you see also collectTopics Phones, email and the internetc2打对方付费的电话
change to opposite转化为对立面
exchange two things交换
yourself自己
vehicle车辆
telephone call打电话
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French revers, reverse (nouns), reverser (verb), from Latin reversus ‘turned back’, past participle of revertere, from re- ‘back’ + vertere ‘to turn’.