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revert vi.恢复；回复；归还 (1) 你应该尽力不要恢复到你过去的饮食习惯。(2) 他因受到压力又恢复了吸烟的习惯。(3) 如果他死后无继承人，其土地将复归国家所有。 Revert has been around since the early 14th century, and it has changed little in meaning from the original "turn back" and "return." You can revert to a simpler way of life or revert to bad behavior. Software users might revert to an older version of a program with fewer bugs. Though rare in modern use, some international English speakers do use "revert back" for "reply" in writing and e-mail, but most of the time, using revert with "back" is redundant, or repetitive.

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英 [rɪ'vɜːt] 美 [rɪ'vɜːrt] (1) You should try not to revert to your old eating habits.(2) He reverted to smoking when under stress.(3) If he dies without leaving an heir, his lands will revert to the state. While revert means to return to something earlier or to go back, it's often used wrongly in combination. If you're buying the older version of the game, you might say you're "reverting back," which is like saying "go back back." 1[VERB 动词]恢复，回复(到以前的状态、制度或行为) When people or things revert to a previous state, system, or type of behaviour, they go back to it.   [V to n]Jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking heavily.杰克逊说她的老板情绪越来越低落，又开始拼命抽烟了。2[VERB 动词]回到，重提，重新考虑(某个话题) When someone reverts to a previous topic, they start talking or thinking about it again.   [V to n]  [WRITTEN 笔语]In the car she reverted to the subject uppermost in her mind.在车里，她又提起了她最关心的话题。3[VERB 动词]重新使用(惯用的语言) If you revert to your usual language, you start using that language again.   [V to n]  [LITERARY 文]After all these years she had reverted to her Veneto dialect and nobody could understand what she was saying.这么多年后，她又开始讲威尼托方言，没有人能听懂她的话。4[VERB 动词](财产、权力、金钱等)归还，归属 If property, rights, or money revert to someone, they become that person's again after someone else has had them for a period of time.   [V to n]  [LEGAL 法律]When the lease ends, the property reverts to the freeholder.租期结束后，该房产会归还给其终身所有者。5[PHRASE 短语]恢复原样；故态复萌 If you say that someone has reverted to type, you mean that they are now behaving as you would expect them to, after having behaved in an unexpected and better way.   [V inflects]  [disapproval]He was adamant that this setback does not mean he has reverted to type.他坚持认为这次挫折并不意味着他已经回到原来的样子。

英语单词	revert
英美音标	英 [rɪ'vɜːt] 美 [rɪ'vɜːrt]
中文释义	vi.恢复；回复；归还
英语例句	(1) You should try not to revert to your old eating habits. (2) He reverted to smoking when under stress. (3) If he dies without leaving an heir, his lands will revert to the state.
中文例句	(1) 你应该尽力不要恢复到你过去的饮食习惯。 (2) 他因受到压力又恢复了吸烟的习惯。 (3) 如果他死后无继承人，其土地将复归国家所有。
vocabulary简明	While revert means to return to something earlier or to go back, it's often used wrongly in combination. If you're buying the older version of the game, you might say you're "reverting back," which is like saying "go back back."
vocabulary扩展	Revert has been around since the early 14th century, and it has changed little in meaning from the original "turn back" and "return." You can revert to a simpler way of life or revert to bad behavior. Software users might revert to an older version of a program with fewer bugs. Though rare in modern use, some international English speakers do use "revert back" for "reply" in writing and e-mail, but most of the time, using revert with "back" is redundant, or repetitive.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]恢复，回复(到以前的状态、制度或行为) When people or things revert to a previous state, system, or type of behaviour, they go back to it. [V to n] Jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking heavily. 杰克逊说她的老板情绪越来越低落，又开始拼命抽烟了。 2 [VERB 动词]回到，重提，重新考虑(某个话题) When someone reverts to a previous topic, they start talking or thinking about it again. [V to n] [WRITTEN 笔语] In the car she reverted to the subject uppermost in her mind. 在车里，她又提起了她最关心的话题。 3 [VERB 动词]重新使用(惯用的语言) If you revert to your usual language, you start using that language again. [V to n] [LITERARY 文] After all these years she had reverted to her Veneto dialect and nobody could understand what she was saying. 这么多年后，她又开始讲威尼托方言，没有人能听懂她的话。 4 [VERB 动词](财产、权力、金钱等)归还，归属 If property, rights, or money revert to someone, they become that person's again after someone else has had them for a period of time. [V to n] [LEGAL 法律] When the lease ends, the property reverts to the freeholder. 租期结束后，该房产会归还给其终身所有者。 5 [PHRASE 短语]恢复原样；故态复萌 If you say that someone has reverted to type, you mean that they are now behaving as you would expect them to, after having behaved in an unexpected and better way. [V inflects] [disapproval] He was adamant that this setback does not mean he has reverted to type. 他坚持认为这次挫折并不意味着他已经回到原来的样子。

Revert [V Verb 动词 N Ed Reverted Smoking