Front | reverse |
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Pron | [rɪ'vɜːrs] |
Back | 【REVERSE】 Would you play the reverse side of that phonograph record please? 请播放那张唱片的反面好吗? 【重点词汇】 reverse 1. adj. 颠倒的 同: contrary 2. v. 颠倒 【REVERSE】 Reverse your sweater or you will put it on wrong side out. 把你的羊毛衣翻过来,要不然你就穿反了。 【重点词汇】 reverse 1. adj. 颠倒的 同: contrary 2. v. 颠倒 |
Vocab | reversechange to the contrary
To go in reverse, you back up. If you reverse your position, you suddenly take the opposite side of the argument. If you reverse your fortunes, your bad luck turns good, or your good luck turns bad. Oops. The Latin word revertere means “turn back.” To reverse means to turn back, take the opposite direction, go the other way. Many things can be reversed: you can reverse a decision, you can reverse a car — by putting it in the gear called "reverse." You can reverse a political argument, a promotion, even some surgical procedures, but you can never reverse the steady progress of time, no matter how many Botox injections you get. All forms of 'reverse' will appear on average once every 225 pages. irreversibility irreversibly reversal reverse reversed reversely reversible irreversible nonreversible reversibility reversibly |
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