reverse

1. V-T When someone or something reverses a decision, policy, or trend, they change it to the opposite decision, policy, or trend. 使 (決定、政策、趨勢(shì)) 轉(zhuǎn)曏; 逆轉(zhuǎn)

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)爲(wèi)了提高價(jià)格而轉(zhuǎn)變這一決定。

2. V-T If you reverse the order of a set of things, you arrange them in the opposite order, so that the first thing comes last. 顛倒 (順序)

Because the normal word order is reversed in passive sentences, they are sometimes hard to follow. 由於正常語(yǔ)序在被動(dòng)句中被顛倒過(guò)來(lái)了，所以有時(shí)很難理解。

3. V-T 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. 調(diào)換 (位置、功能)

He reversed the position of the two stamps. 他調(diào)換了兩張郵票的位置。

4. V-T/V-I When a car reverses or when you reverse it, the car is driven backward. 倒 (車(chē)); (車(chē)) 倒過(guò)來(lái)[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

5. N-UNCOUNT If your car is in reverse, you have changed gears so that you can drive it backward. (汽車(chē)的) 倒檔

He lurched the car in reverse along the ruts to the access road. 他沿著車(chē)轍顛簸著倒行到通行道。

6. ADJ Reverse means opposite from what you expect or to what has just been described. 相反的

The wrong attitude will have exactly the reverse effect. 這種錯(cuò)誤的態(tài)度會(huì)得到恰好相反的結(jié)果。

7. N-SING 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. 相反物; 相反麪

He was not at all jolly. Quite the reverse. 他一點(diǎn)兒也不高興。恰恰相反。

8. N-SING Thereverse or the reverse side of a flat object which has two sides is the less important or the other side. 背麪; 反麪

A chart on the reverse of this letter highlights your savings. 這封信背麪的圖表著重寫(xiě)明了你的存款情況。

9. PHRASE If something happens in reverse or goes into reverse, things happen in the opposite way from what usually happens or from what has been happening. 朝相反方曏; 反曏地 (發(fā)展)

Amis tells the story in reverse, from the moment the man dies. 埃米斯以倒敘方式講這個(gè)故事，從那個(gè)男人死去的那一刻開(kāi)始。

10. PHRASE 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. 對(duì)方付費(fèi)電話(huà); 受話(huà)人付費(fèi)[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]