[N-VAR 可变名词]反向;逆转;倒置 When there is an inversion of something, it is changed into its opposite.
[usu N of n]
[FORMAL 正式]
...a scandalous inversion of the truth.
令人不齿的是非颠倒
...a strange inversion of priorities.
令人奇怪的主次倒置
Oxford
in·ver·sion/ɪnˈvɜːʃn; NAmEɪnˈvɜːrʃn;ɪnˈvɜːrʒn/noun[uncountable , countable ]( technical 术语) the act of changing the position or order of sth to its opposite, or of turning sth upside down 倒置;颠倒;倒转◆the inversion of normal word order正常词序的倒装◆an inversion of the truth颠倒是非inversioninversionsin·ver·sion/ɪnˈvɜːʃn; NAmEɪnˈvɜːrʃn;ɪnˈvɜːrʒn/
1formal the act of changing something so that it is the opposite of what it was before, or of turning something upside down (=the bottom is on the top and the top is on the bottom)2technical a type of weather condition in which the air nearest the ground is cooler than the air above it
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