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）倒转；彻底改变；推翻

  • The new manager hoped to reverse the decline in the company's fortunes. 新经理希望能够扭转公司江河日下的状况。

  • Now that you have a job and I don't, our situations are reversed. 你找到了工作，我倒没有工作了，我们的情况正好掉了个儿。

  • The Court of Appeal reversed the earlier judgment. 上诉法院推翻了先前的判决。

• 1 to drive a vehicle backwards -- 倒车

  • He reversed into a lamppost and damaged the back of the car. 他倒车时撞到了路灯柱，造成车尾受损。

  • She reversed the car into the parking space. 她把车倒进停车位。

• 2 to make a phone call that is paid for by the person receiving it -- 打对方付费电话；使受话方付款

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

  • You might think that people who don't worry about their diet are fatter and more unhealthy; in fact, the reverse is true. 你也许会认为不担心自己饮食的人会更胖更不健康，实际情况却刚好相反。

  • Whatever official news broadcasts claimed, he believed the reverse. 不管官方新闻报什么，他都只相信相反的消息。

  • The coin has a royal coat of arms on the reverse. 硬币的背面有王室盾徽的图案。

  • To stop the engine, you repeat the same procedures, but in reverse (order). 要想关掉发动机，你得按相反顺序重复同样的步骤。

  • To go backwards, you must put the car in/into reverse (gear). 要想倒车，你得挂倒车挡。

  • They suffered a serious military/political reverse. 他们遭受了一次重大的军事／政治失败。