reverse是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to change the direction, order, position, result, etc. of something to its opposite -- （使）反向；（使）倒轉；徹底改變；推翻

  • The new manager hoped to reverse the decline in the company's fortunes. 新經理希望能夠扭轉公司江河日下的狀況。

  • Now that you have a job and I don't, our situations are reversed. 你找到了工作，我倒沒有工作了，我們的情況正好互換了。

  • The Court of Appeal reversed the earlier judgment. 上訴法院推翻了先前的判決。

• 1 to drive a vehicle backwards -- 倒車

  • He reversed into a lamppost and damaged the back of the car. 他倒車時撞到了路燈柱，造成車尾受損。

  • She reversed the car into the parking space. 她把車倒進停車位。

• 2 to make a phone call that is paid for by the person receiving it -- 打對方付費電話；使受話方付款

• 3 the opposite of what has been suggested -- 相反的情況（或事物）；對立面

  • You might think that people who don't worry about their diet are fatter and more unhealthy; in fact, the reverse is true. 你也許會認為不擔心自己飲食的人會更胖更不健康，實際情況卻剛好相反。

  • Whatever official news broadcasts claimed, he believed the reverse. 不管官方新聞報什麼，他都只相信相反的消息。

  • The coin has a royal coat of arms on the reverse. 硬幣的背面有王室盾徽的圖案。

  • To stop the engine, you repeat the same procedures, but in reverse (order). 要想關掉引擎，你得按相反順序重複同樣的步驟。

  • To go backwards, you must put the car in/into reverse (gear). 要想倒車，你得掛倒車檔。

  • They suffered a serious military/political reverse. 他們遭受了一次重大的軍事／政治失敗。