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Revolve Revolves   [V N D Turns Verb 动词

英语单词 revolve
英美音标 英 [rɪ'vɒlv] 美 [rɪ'vɑːlv]
中文释义 v.旋转;考虑;围绕
英语例句 (1) The wheels began to revolve slowly.
(2) Their troubles revolve around money management.
(3) We must revolve the problem before giving an answer.
中文例句 (1) 车轮开始慢慢转动。
(2) 他们的麻烦围绕在金钱处理上。
(3) 我们必须在回答之前把问题仔细考虑一下。
vocabulary简明 When something revolves, it turns on an axis or in an orbit around something else. People who love you probably think the world revolves around you (but really, the earth revolves around the sun).
vocabulary扩展 Revolve comes from those useful Latin roots re- "again" or "back" and volvere "roll," as seen in evolution, involve, and lots of other familiar words. Picture a revolving door, and you can understand what it means to revolve, or turn in a circular motion.
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]围绕;以…为中心;以…为主要特征 If you say that one thing revolves around another thing, you mean that the second thing is the main feature or focus of the first thing.
  [V around n]
  • Since childhood, her life has revolved around tennis...

    从孩童时期开始,她的生活就以网球为中心。

  • This plot revolves around a youngster who is shown various stages of his life.

    这个故事情节围绕着一个年轻人展开,描述了他人生的各个阶段。

2
[VERB 动词](讨论或对话)以…为主题,围绕 If a discussion or conversation revolves around a particular topic, it is mainly about that topic.
  [V around n]
  • The debate revolves around specific accounting techniques...

    这场争论的焦点是具体的会计技术。

  • The conversation revolved around the terrible condition of the road.

    这次对话主要讨论这条路的糟糕路况。

3
[VERB 动词]围绕…旋转 If one object revolves around another object, the first object turns in a circle around the second object.
  [V around n]
  • The satellite revolves around the Earth once every hundred minutes.

    这颗人造卫星每100分钟围绕地球旋转一周。

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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)旋转;(使)转动 When something revolves or when you revolve it, it moves or turns in a circle around a central point or line.
  [V]
  [V n]
  • Overhead, the fan revolved slowly...

    风扇在头顶上缓缓地转动着。

  • Monica picked up her Biro and revolved it between her teeth.

    莫妮卡拿起她的伯罗圆珠笔,放在牙齿间转动着。

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