reverse /rɪˈvɜːs/ CET4 TEM4 ( reversing, reversed, reverses )

• 1. 

  V-T When someone or something reverses a decision, policy, or trend, they change it to the opposite decision, policy, or trend. 使 (决定、政策、趋势) 转向; 逆转

  例：

  They have made it clear they will not reverse the decision to increase prices.

  他们已经明确表示不会为了提高价格而转变这一决定。

• 2. 

  V-T If you reverse the order of a set of things, you arrange them in the opposite order, so that the first thing comes last. 颠倒 (顺序)

  例：

  Because the normal word order is reversed in passive sentences, they are sometimes hard to follow.

  由于正常语序在被动句中被颠倒过来了，所以有时很难理解。

• 3. 

  V-T If you reverse the positions or functions of two things, you change them so that each thing has the position or function that the other one had. 调换 (位置、功能)

  例：

  He reversed the position of the two stamps.

  他调换了两张邮票的位置。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I When a car reverses or when you reverse it, the car is driven backward. 倒 (车); (车) 倒过来 [英国英语]

• 5. 

  N-UNCOUNT If your car is in reverse, you have changed gears so that you can drive it backward. (汽车的) 倒档

  例：

  He lurched the car in reverse along the ruts to the access road.

  他沿着车辙颠簸着倒行到通行道。

• 6. 

  ADJ Reverse means opposite from what you expect or to what has just been described. 相反的

  例：

  The wrong attitude will have exactly the reverse effect.

  这种错误的态度会得到恰好相反的结果。

• 7. 

  N-SING If you say that one thing is the reverse of another, you are emphasizing that the first thing is the complete opposite of the second thing. 相反物; 相反面

  例：

  He was not at all jolly. Quite the reverse.

  他一点儿也不高兴。恰恰相反。

• 8. 

  N-SING The reverse or the reverse side of a flat object which has two sides is the less important or the other side. 背面; 反面

  例：

  A chart on the reverse of this letter highlights your savings.

  这封信背面的图表着重写明了你的存款情况。

• 9. 

  PHRASE If something happens in reverse or goes into reverse, things happen in the opposite way from what usually happens or from what has been happening. 朝相反方向; 反向地 (发展)

  例：

  Amis tells the story in reverse, from the moment the man dies.

  埃米斯以倒叙方式讲这个故事，从那个男人死去的那一刻开始。

• 10. 

  PHRASE If you reverse the charges when you make a telephone call, the person who you are phoning pays the cost of the call and not you. 对方付费电话; 受话人付费 [英国英语]