turn around

英 [tɜːn əˈraʊnd]

美 [tɜːrn əˈraʊnd]

转动; 转身; 扭转; （使）调转方向; （使）转向; （使）复苏; （使）好转; 改变（问题、句子或想法的）表达方式; （尤指为指责别人或捍卫自己）话锋突转

柯林斯词典

• → see:turn 1
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)调转方向;(使)转向
  If youturnsomethingaround, or if itturns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction.
  1. Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond...
     巴德把卡车掉头，开始返回多尔顿池。
  2. He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show...
     他伸手把香槟转了一下，这样它的商标就不会露出来。
  3. There was enough room for a wheelchair to get in but not to turn round.
     空间足够让轮椅进来，但没法掉头。
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)复苏;(使)好转
  If something such as a business or economyturns around, or if someoneturnsitaround, it becomes successful, after being unsuccessful for a period of time.
  1. Turning the company around won't be easy...
     盘活那家公司绝非易事。
  2. In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions...
     霍顿在英国石油公司漫长的职业生涯中曾经让两个部门整体上起死回生。
  3. If the economy turned round the Prime Minister's authority would quickly increase.
     如果经济复苏了，首相的威信会迅速提高。
• PHRASAL VERB （尤指为指责别人或捍卫自己）话锋突转
  If you say that someoneturns aroundand says something, you are indicating that they say it unexpectedly or angrily, especially in order to criticize another person or to defend themselves.
  1. I feel that if I say how tired I get, David will turn around and say, 'I told you so'.
     我感觉如果我说自己有多累，戴维就会指责我说，“我早就告诉过你了。”
• PHRASAL VERB 改变(问题、句子或想法的)表达方式
  If youturn arounda question, sentence, or idea, you change the way in which it is expressed, in order to consider it differently.
  1. Now turn the question around and start looking not for what you did wrong in the past, but for what you can do to make things better in the future...
     现在换个角度考虑问题，开始不要去想你过去做错了什么，而考虑一下怎样才能日后做得更好。
  2. It's an example of how you can turn around the sentence and create a whole new meaning.
     那个例子告诉你如何改变一个句子使其表达出完全不一样的意思。
• See also:turnaround

英英释义

noun

• turning in an opposite direction or position
  1. the reversal of the image in the lens
  Synonym:reversal

verb

• improve significantly
  1. Her performance in school picked up
  Synonym:pick up
• improve dramatically
  1. The new strategy turned around sales
  2. The tutor turned around my son's performance in math
• turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically
  1. He turned around to face his opponent
  2. My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake
  Synonym:swing aroundswing about

双语例句

• He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show
  他伸手把香槟转了一下，这样它的商标就不会露出来。
• So turn around and I'll pick up the slack!
  所以暮然回首我拾起了这些松懈！
• Now turn the question around and start looking not for what you did wrong in the past, but for what you can do to make things better in the future
  现在换个角度考虑问题，开始不要去想你过去做错了什么，而考虑一下怎样才能日后做得更好。
• When we got to the border, the guards made us turn around and go back.
  我们到达边界时，卫兵让我们转身回去。
• You can't turn around here. I think you should let me drive.
  你不能在这里掉头，我觉得你应该让我来开车。
• If you are a good listener, chances are the person will turn around and ask you questions.
  如果你是一个好的倾听者，大家围着你的机会就来了会问很多问题。
• Turn around, you may look this way.
  转过身来，你可以向这边看。
• You didn't tell mewhat made you turn around.
  你没告诉我是什么让你回头了。
• But I suggest you all turn around unless you are looking for a world on hurt.
  但是我建议你们全部都转身，除非你十分痛心在寻找世界。
• There was enough room for a wheelchair to get in but not to turn round.
  空间足够让轮椅进来，但没法掉头。