reverse

英 [r?'v??s] 美[r?'v?s]
  • n. 背面;相反;倒退;失敗
  • vt. 顛倒;倒轉(zhuǎn)
  • adj. 反面的;顛倒的;反身的
  • vi. 倒退;逆叫

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?reverses;第三人稱單數(shù):?reverses;過(guò)去式:?reversed;過(guò)去分詞:?reversed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?reversing;

助記提示


1、re- "back" + vers- + -e.
2、該詞來(lái)源于revert的拉丁語(yǔ)對(duì)應(yīng)詞的過(guò)去分詞。由此取形容詞詞性并引申出如今的含義。
3、字面含義:turn back.
4、一方面表示轉(zhuǎn)到后面、轉(zhuǎn)到背面,由此引申為:背面的,反面的;另一方面表示逆轉(zhuǎn)、反轉(zhuǎn),由此引申為:反轉(zhuǎn)的,逆轉(zhuǎn)的,顛倒的;相反的,反向的。
5、該詞的動(dòng)詞含義來(lái)源于:revert的拉丁語(yǔ)對(duì)應(yīng)詞的反復(fù)體(反復(fù)動(dòng)詞:reversare),由此表示:顛倒,翻轉(zhuǎn);倒轉(zhuǎn),倒退,反向,逆轉(zhuǎn);推翻;撤銷;調(diào)換。

中文詞源


reverse 顛倒,反轉(zhuǎn),翻轉(zhuǎn),反向的,相反的

來(lái)自 revert,回轉(zhuǎn),-s,過(guò)去分詞格。引申諸相關(guān)詞義,詞性也由形容詞兼做名詞和動(dòng)詞使用。

英文詞源


reverse
reverse: see verse
reverse (adj.)
c. 1300, from Old French revers "reverse, cross, opposite" (13c.), from Latin reversus, past participle of revertere "turn back, turn about, come back, return" (see revert). Reverse angle in film-making is from 1934. Reverse discrimination is attested from 1962, American English.
reverse (n.)
mid-14c., "opposite or contrary" (of something), from reverse (adj.) or from Old French Related: revers "the opposite, reverse." Meaning "a defeat, a change of fortune" is from 1520s; meaning "back side of a coin" is from 1620s. Of gear-shifts in motor cars, from 1875. As a type of sports play (originally rugby) it is recorded from 1921.
reverse (v.)
early 14c. (transitive), "change, alter;" early 15c. (intransitive), "go backward," from Old French reverser "reverse, turn around; roll, turn up" (12c.), from Late Latin reversare "turn about, turn back," frequentative of Latin revertere (see revert). Related: Reversed; reversing.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. Amis tells the story in reverse, from the moment the man dies.
埃米斯以倒敘的方式講述了這個(gè)故事,從這個(gè)男人死去的時(shí)候開(kāi)始講起。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. The wrong attitude will have exactly the reverse effect.
錯(cuò)誤的態(tài)度會(huì)產(chǎn)生完全相反的效果。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. The company had to do something to reverse its sliding fortunes.
這個(gè)公司不得不采取一些措施扭轉(zhuǎn)下滑的運(yùn)勢(shì)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. The bank reserves the right to reverse any transfers or payments.
銀行保留撤銷任何轉(zhuǎn)賬或支付操作的權(quán)利。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. MPs hoped to reverse Britain's opt-out from the treaty.
國(guó)會(huì)議員希望推翻英國(guó)退出該條約的決定。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》