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词汇 turn
释义

turn

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[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • turns

    1.?[C 可数名词] 转向 , 拐弯

    A turn is a change of direction when you are travelling or moving.

    双语例句

    例:

    You can't do a right-hand turn here.

    你不能在这里右转弯。

    2.?[C 可数名词] 转弯

    A turn in a road, path, or river is a place where it has a bend or curve in it.

    双语例句

    例:

    a sharp turn in the road.

    公路上的一个急转弯。

    3.?[C 可数名词] (情况的)变化

    If a situation or trend takes a particular kind of turn, it changes so that it starts developing in a different or opposite way.

    双语例句

    例:

    The scandal took a new turn over the weekend.

    周末时这一丑闻有了新的发展。

    4.?[SING 单数型名词] 世纪之交/新年伊始

    Turn is used in expressions such as the turn of the century and the turn of the year to refer to a period of time when one century or year is ending and the next one is beginning.

    双语例句

    例:

    They fled to South America around the turn of the century.

    他们在世纪之交时逃往了南美。

    5.?[C 可数名词] (多人依次)轮到的机会

    If it is your turn to do something, you now have the duty, chance, or right to do it, when other people have done it before you or will do it after you.

    双语例句

    例:

    Tonight it's my turn to cook.

    今晚轮到我做饭。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • turn against

    1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 与...反目

    If you turn against someone or something, or if you are turned against them, you stop supporting them, trusting them, or liking them, and sometimes you work against them.

    双语例句

    例:

    A kid I used to be friends with turned against me after being told that I'd been insulting him.

    曾经和我很要好的一个小孩听人说我一直在辱骂他以后就和我翻脸了。

  • turn around

    1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 转身(同)turn)

    Turn around means the same as turn.

    双语例句

    例:

    I felt a tapping on my shoulder and I turned around.

    我感到有人拍了一下我的肩膀,于是转过身去。

    2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 转向反方向

    If you turn something around, or if it turns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction.

    双语例句

    例:

    Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond.

    巴德把卡车调了个头,开始返回道尔顿池塘。

    例:

    He had reached over to turn around a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show.

    他伸手把香槟转了一下,这样它的标签就不会露出来了。

    3.?[PHRASAL 短语] 使( 复苏) , 使( 好转)

    If something such as a business or economy turns around, or if someone turns it around, it becomes successful, after being unsuccessful for a period of time.

    双语例句

    例:

    Turning the company around won't be easy.

    盘活那家公司并不容易。

    例:

    In his long career, Horton turned around two entire divisions.

    在他漫长的职业生涯中,霍顿曾使整整两个部门扭亏为盈。

  • turn away

    1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 把…拒之门外

    If you turn someone away, you do not allow them to enter your country, home, or other place.

    双语例句

    例:

    Turning Cuban boat people away would be an inhumane action.

    不准这些古巴船民入境是一种不人道的行为。

    2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 不再使用

    To turn away from something such as a method or an idea means to stop using it or to become different from it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Japanese companies have been turning away from production and have moved into real estate.

    日本公司已不再从事制造业而转入房地产业。

  • turn back

    1.?[PHRASAL 短语] (使)返回 , (使)折回

    If you turn back or if someone turns you back when you are going somewhere, you change direction and go towards where you started from.

    双语例句

    例:

    She turned back towards home.

    她折回家去。

    例:

    Police attempted to turn back.

    警察试图往回走。

    2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 无法回头 , 无法改变

    If you cannot turn back, you cannot change your plans and decide not to do something, because the action you have already taken makes it impossible.

    双语例句

    例:

    The Senate has now endorsed the bill and can't turn back.

    参议院现已同意了该议案,没有挽回的余地了。

  • turn down

    1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 拒绝

    If you turn down a person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer.

    近义词

    reject

    双语例句

    例:

    I thanked him for the offer but turned it down.

    我感谢他的好意,但拒绝了他。

    2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 调低(音量或热度)

    When you turn down a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced, by adjusting the controls.

    双语例句

    例:

    He kept turning the central heating down.

    他不断地调低中央暖气的温度。

  • turn off

    1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 离开(道路)

    If you turn off the road or path you are going along, you start going along a different road or path which leads away from it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The truck turned off the main road, and went along the gravelly track which led to the farm.

    卡车离开主路,沿着通向农场的碎石路行驶。

    2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 关掉

    When you turn off a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you stop heat, sound, or water from being produced by adjusting the controls.

    近义词

    switch off

    双语例句

    例:

    The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off.

    灯光有点太刺眼,把它关掉吧。

    3.?[PHRASAL 短语] 使失去兴趣

    If something turns you off a particular subject or activity, it makes you have no interest in it.

    双语例句

    例:

    What turns teenagers off science?

    什么使青少年们对科学失去了兴趣?

    例:

    Greed on the part of owners and athletes turns fans off completely.

    球队老板和运动员的贪婪使球迷们对其完全失去了兴趣。

  • turn on

    1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 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.

    近义词

    switch on

    双语例句

    例:

    I want to turn on the television.

    我想打开电视机。

    2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 激发性欲

    If someone or something turns you on, they attract you and make you feel sexually excited.

    双语例句

    例:

    The body that turns men on doesn't have to be perfect.

    并不是非得完美无暇的身体才能激发男人的性欲。

    3.?[PHRASAL 短语] 突然袭击 , 突然斥责

    If someone turns on you, they suddenly attack you or speak angrily to you.

    双语例句

    例:

    Demonstrators turned on police, overturning vehicles and setting fire to them.

    示威者们突然袭击了警察,掀翻车辆并将其放火焚烧。

  • turn out

    1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 结果为

    If something turns out a particular way, it happens in that way or has the result or degree of success indicated.

    近义词

    work out

    双语例句

    例:

    If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me.

    如果我知道我的一生会是这样的结果,我早就该让他们杀了我。

    例:

    I was positive things were going to turn out fine.

    我确信事情最终会好起来。

    2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 被发现是

    If something turns out to be a particular thing, it is discovered to be that thing.

    双语例句

    例:

    Cosgrave's forecast turned out to be completely wrong.

    科斯格雷夫的预测被发现是完全错误的。

    3.?[PHRASAL 短语] 关掉

    When you turn out something such as a light, you move the switch or knob that controls it so that it stops giving out light or heat.

    近义词

    turn off

    双语例句

    例:

    The janitor comes around to turn the lights out.

    那个看门人会过来把灯关掉。

  • turn over

    1.?[PHRASAL 短语] (使)翻转 , (使)颠倒

    If you turn something over, or if it turns over, it is moved so that the top part is now facing downwards.

    双语例句

    例:

    Liz picked up the blue envelope and turned it over curiously.

    莉兹捡起那个蓝色的信封,好奇地把它翻过来。

    例:

    The buggy turned over and Nancy was thrown out.

    那辆婴儿车翻倒了,南希被甩了出来。

    2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 翻身

    If you turn over, for example, when you are lying in bed, you move your body so that you are lying in a different position.

    双语例句

    例:

    Ann turned over in her bed once more.

    安在床上又翻了一次身。

    3.?[PHRASAL 短语] 仔细考虑

    If you turn something over in your mind, you think carefully about it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Even when she didn't say anything you could see her turning things over in her mind.

    即使在她什么也不说时,你也能看出她心里盘算的事情。

    4.?[PHRASAL 短语] 交 , 移交

    If you turn something over to someone, you give it to them when they ask for it, because they have a right to it.

    近义词

    hand over

    双语例句

    例:

    I would have to turn the evidence over to the police.

    我将不得不把证据交给警察。

  • turn up

    1.?[PHRASAL 短语] (意外地或终于)出现

    If you say that someone or something turns up, you mean that they arrive unexpectedly or after you have been waiting a long time.

    近义词

    show up

    双语例句

    例:

    They finally turned up at nearly midnight.

    他们终于在近午夜时出现了。

    例:

    Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony.

    理查德与托尼在圣诞前夜一起出现了。

    2.?[PHRASAL 短语] 找到 , 发现

    If you turn something up or if it turns up, you find, discover, or notice it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Investigations have never turned up any evidence.

    调查从未发现过任何证据。

    3.?[PHRASAL 短语] 调高(音量或热度)

    When you turn up a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you increase the amount of sound, heat, or power being produced, by adjusting the controls.

    双语例句

    例:

    Can you turn up the TV?

    你能把电视机的声音调大点吗?

    例:

    I turned the volume up.

    我把音量调大了。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • turn of events

    1.?形势的变化

    If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.

    双语例句

    例:

    They were horrified at this unexpected turn of events.

    他们对出乎意料的形势变化感到震惊。

  • at every turn

    1.?常常 , 总是

    If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.

    双语例句

    例:

    Its operations were hampered at every turn by inadequate numbers of trained staff.

    因为缺乏训练有素的员工,其生产经营总是受到各种限制。

  • a good turn

    1.?有利的事

    If you do someone a good turn, you do something that helps or benefits them.

    双语例句

    例:

    He did you a good turn by resigning.

    他辞职对你有利。

  • in turn

    1.?转而

    You use in turn to refer to actions or events that are in a sequence one after the other, for example, because one causes the other.

    双语例句

    例:

    One of the members of the surgical team leaked the story to a fellow physician who, in turn, confided in a reporter.

    该外科小组的一名成员把此事泄露给一个同行医生,而后者转而又将此透露给了一位记者。

    2.?依次地

    If each person in a group does something in turn, they do it one after the other in a fixed or agreed order.

    双语例句

    例:

    There were cheers for each of the women as they spoke in turn.

    女士们依次发言时,每一位都赢得了喝彩声。

  • take turns

    1.?轮流

    If two or more people take turns to do something, they do it one after the other several times, rather than doing it together.

    双语例句

    例:

    We took turns driving.

    我们轮流开车。

  • take a turn for the worse , take a turn for the better

    1.?突然变坏/突然变好

    If a situation takes a turn for the worse, it suddenly becomes worse. If a situation takes a turn for the better, it suddenly becomes better.

    双语例句

    例:

    Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse.

    她的病情突然急剧恶化。

    VERB. 动词
  • turns , turning , turned

    1.?[I 不及物动词] 转动(身体) , 扭转

    When you turn or when you turn part of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction.

    双语例句

    例:

    He turned abruptly and walked away.

    他突然转身走开了。

    例:

    He sighed, turning away and surveying the sea.

    他叹了口气,转过身去,眺望着大海。

    2.?[T 及物动词] 使转向

    When you turn something, you move it so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction, or is in a very different position.

    双语例句

    例:

    They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies.

    他们把望远镜转向附近的其他星系。

    例:

    She had turned the bedside chair to face the door.

    她把床边的那张椅子转过来对着门。

    3.?[I 不及物动词] 转动

    When something such as a wheel turns, or when you turn it, it continually moves around in a particular direction.

    双语例句

    例:

    As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay.

    轮子一边转动,制陶工人一边将黏土塑形。

    4.?[I 不及物动词] 转动 , 旋动(钥匙、把手、开关等)

    When you turn something such as a key, knob, or switch, or when it turns, you hold it and twist your hand, in order to open something or make it start working.

    双语例句

    例:

    Turn the key three times to the right.

    把钥匙向右转3次。

    例:

    Turn the heat to very low and cook for 20 minutes.

    把温度调到很低,煮上20分钟。

    5.?[I 不及物动词] 转向 , 拐弯

    When you turn in a particular direction or turn a corner, you change the direction in which you are moving or travelling.

    双语例句

    例:

    He turned into the narrow street where he lived.

    他拐进了他住的那条狭窄的街道。

    例:

    Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road.

    现在向右转沿着西渡口路走。

    6.?[I 不及物动词] (路或河流)转弯

    The point where a road, path, or river turns is the point where it has a bend or curve in it.

    双语例句

    例:

    the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road.

    坦特菲尔德路转向主干道的那个拐角。

    7.?[I 不及物动词] (潮水)涨 , 落

    When the tide turns, it starts coming in or going out.

    双语例句

    例:

    There was not much time before the tide turned.

    不久就退潮了。

    8.?[T 及物动词] 翻动(书页)

    When you turn a page of a book or magazine, you move it so that it is flat against the previous page, and you can read the next page.

    双语例句

    例:

    He turned the pages of a file in front of him.

    他翻着面前的一份档案。

    9.?[T 及物动词] 指向 , 冲着 , 把...对准

    If you turn a weapon or an aggressive feeling on someone, you point it at them or direct it at them.

    双语例句

    例:

    He tried to turn the gun on me.

    他企图把枪对准我。

    10.?[I 不及物动词] 翻到(某页)

    If you turn to a particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page.

    双语例句

    例:

    To order, turn to page 236.

    要订货,请翻到第236页。

    11.?[I 不及物动词] 把(注意力)转向

    If you turn your attention or thoughts to a particular subject or if you turn to it, you start thinking about it or discussing it.

    双语例句

    例:

    We turned our attention to the practical matters relating to forming a company.

    我们把注意力转向了与组建公司有关的实际问题上。

    例:

    We turn now to our primary question.

    我们现在转到我们的主要问题上。

    12.?[I 不及物动词] 求助于

    If you turn to someone, you ask for their help or advice.

    双语例句

    例:

    For assistance, they turned to one of the city's most innovative museums.

    为了寻求帮助,他们求助于该市最具创新精神的一座博物馆。

    13.?[I 不及物动词] 开始做 , 开始用

    If you turn to a particular activity, job, or way of doing something, you start doing or using it.

    双语例句

    例:

    These communities are now turning to recycling as a cheaper alternative to landfills.

    这些社区现正开始用回收作为较廉价的方法来替代废物填埋法。

    14.?[I 不及物动词] 使(变成) , 使(成为)

    To turn or be turned into something means to become that thing.

    双语例句

    例:

    A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale.

    在这部卡通童话片里王子变成了一只青蛙。

    15.?[LINK 连系动词] 变得(用于形容词之前)

    You can use turn before an adjective to indicate that something or someone changes by acquiring the quality described by the adjective.

    近义词

    become

    双语例句

    例:

    If the bailiff thinks that things could turn nasty he will enlist the help of the police.

    如果司法官认为情况可能会变糟,他会寻求警方的帮助。

    16.?[LINK 连系动词] (使)变成(某种颜色)

    If something turns a particular colour or if something turns it a particular colour, it becomes that colour.

    双语例句

    例:

    The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red.

    大海将变成浅粉色,而天空将变成血红色。

    17.?[LINK 连系动词] (天气)变得

    You can use turn to indicate that there is a change to a particular kind of weather. For example, if it turns cold, the weather starts being cold.

    双语例句

    例:

    If it turns cold, cover the plants.

    如果天气变冷,就把植物盖起来。

    18.?[T 及物动词] 赚取

    If a business turns a profit, it earns more money than it spends.

    双语例句

    例:

    The firm will be able to pay off its debts and still turn a modest profit.

    该公司将能够还清其债务,而且还会赚得一笔可观的利润。

    19.?[T 及物动词] 达到(一定的年龄或时间)

    When someone turns a particular age, they pass that age. When it turns a particular time, it passes that time.

    双语例句

    例:

    It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty.

    他立志要在30岁之前攒够100万美元。

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