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invert adj.转化的 vt.使颠倒,使转化 n.颠倒的事物 Invert comes from the Latin word invertere, which means "to turn." For example, you might invert a cake pan, turning it upside down on a plate in order to remove the cake. Or if you have a long-standing belief, say, that cats make bad pets, spending time with a really great cat may make you turn that belief upside down, inverting it. And you might even get a cat of your own! ★☆☆☆☆ 2011.2

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[in'və:t] When you invert something, you turn it upside down, whether it’s an idea or a test you place face-down on your desk when you are finished. The traditional rule was it’s safer to stay where you are, but that’s been fundamentally inverted. 1[VERB 动词]使反向；使倒置 If you invert something, you turn it the other way up or back to front.   [V n]  [V-ed]  [FORMAL 正式]Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.把蛋糕倒扣在冷却架上。...a black inverted triangle.一个黑色的倒三角2[VERB 动词]使颠倒 If you invert something, you change it to its opposite.   [V n]  [V-ed]  [FORMAL 正式]They may be hoping to invert the presumption that a defendant is innocent until proved guilty.他们可能有望颠覆“被告在证实有罪之前是无辜的”这一假设。...a telling illustration of inverted moral values.是非颠倒的道德观的有力证明

英语单词	invert
英美音标	[in'və:t]
中文释义	adj.转化的 vt.使颠倒,使转化 n.颠倒的事物
vocab简明	When you invert something, you turn it upside down, whether it’s an idea or a test you place face-down on your desk when you are finished.
vocab扩展	Invert comes from the Latin word invertere, which means "to turn." For example, you might invert a cake pan, turning it upside down on a plate in order to remove the cake. Or if you have a long-standing belief, say, that cats make bad pets, spending time with a really great cat may make you turn that belief upside down, inverting it. And you might even get a cat of your own!
真题原句	The traditional rule was it’s safer to stay where you are, but that’s been fundamentally *inverted*.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]使反向；使倒置 If you invert something, you turn it the other way up or back to front. [V n] [V-ed] [FORMAL 正式] Invert the cake onto a cooling rack. 把蛋糕倒扣在冷却架上。 ...a black inverted triangle. 一个黑色的倒三角 2 [VERB 动词]使颠倒 If you invert something, you change it to its opposite. [V n] [V-ed] [FORMAL 正式] They may be hoping to invert the presumption that a defendant is innocent until proved guilty. 他们可能有望颠覆“被告在证实有罪之前是无辜的”这一假设。 ...a telling illustration of inverted moral values. 是非颠倒的道德观的有力证明
来源	2011.2

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