revert

英 [r?'v??t] 美[r?'v?t]
  • vi. 回復(fù)；重提；返祖遺傳；歸還
  • vt. 使回復(fù)原狀
  • n. 恢復(fù)原狀者
  • n. (Revert)人名；(西)雷韋特；(法)勒韋爾
低頻詞CET6TEM8GRE常用詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱單數(shù):?reverts;過去式:?reverted;過去分詞:?reverted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?reverting;

助記提示

1、re- "back" + vert-.
2、字面含義：turn back, return.
3、該詞的構(gòu)造及其含義可以說與return是異曲同工。

中文詞源

revert 回轉(zhuǎn)，回復(fù)，恢復(fù)

re-,向后，往回，-vert,轉(zhuǎn)，詞源同 pervert,perverse.

英文詞源

revert (v.)
c. 1300, "to come to oneself again," from Old French revertir "return, change back," from Vulgar Latin *revertire, variant of Latin revertere "turn back, turn about; come back, return," from re- "back" (see re-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Of position or property from mid-15c.; application to customs and ideas is from 1610s.

雙語例句

1. Garden plants sometimes revert to type.
園藝植物有時(shí)會(huì)恢復(fù)其原來的野生形態(tài).

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness.
返回岸上后，救生衣就會(huì)癟掉，恢復(fù)成背帶狀。

來自柯林斯例句

3. They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.
他們將回歸到用老方法耕地。

來自辭典例句

4. Must he revert to Ellen always?
難道他非提到母親不行?

來自飄（部分）

5. Peasants were allowed to adhere or revert to individual farming in Poland.
波蘭允許農(nóng)民堅(jiān)持或倒退到個(gè)體農(nóng)業(yè).

來自辭典例句