turn around

美 [tɜːrn əˈraʊnd]英 [tɜːn əˈraʊnd]
  • 转身;转动;扭转;(使)转向;(使)好转;(使)复苏;(使)调转方向;(尤指为指责别人或捍卫自己)话锋突转;改变(问题、句子或想法的)表达方式
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turn around

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  • 2
    PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)调转方向;(使)转向
    If you turn something around, or if it turns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction.

    Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond...

    巴德把卡车掉头,开始返回多尔顿池。

  • 3
    PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)复苏;(使)好转
    If something such as a business or economy turns around, or if someone turns it around, it becomes successful, after being unsuccessful for a period of time.

    Turning the company around won't be easy...

    盘活那家公司绝非易事。

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    PHRASAL VERB (尤指为指责别人或捍卫自己)话锋突转
    If you say that someone turns around and says something, you are indicating that they say it unexpectedly or angrily, especially in order to criticize another person or to defend themselves.

    I feel that if I say how tired I get, David will turn around and say, 'I told you so'.

    我感觉如果我说自己有多累,戴维就会指责我说,“我早就告诉过你了。”

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    PHRASAL VERB 改变(问题、句子或想法的)表达方式
    If you turn around a question, sentence, or idea, you change the way in which it is expressed, in order to consider it differently.

    Now turn the question around and start looking not for what you did wrong in the past, but for what you can do to make things better in the future...

    现在换个角度考虑问题,开始不要去想你过去做错了什么,而考虑一下怎样才能日后做得更好。

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    See also:turnaround

noun

1
turning in an opposite direction or position
the reversal of the image in the lens
Synonym: reversal

verb

1
improve significantly;go from bad to good
Her performance in school picked up
Synonym: pick up
2
improve dramatically
The new strategy turned around sales
The tutor turned around my son's performance in math
3
turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically
He turned around to face his opponent
My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake
Synonym: swing around swing about

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  1. NC Dresser on Which the Dressing Tool Can Turn Around the Arc Center

    修整工具能绕刃口圆弧圆心转动的数控砂轮修整器

  2. Throughout the gig , they had to turn around continually so everyone could glimpse their faces .

    在整个特约演出过程中,他们不得不一直四方转动,否则另外三个方向的观众看不见他们的脸。

  3. Turn around and let me look at your back .

    转过身去让我看看你的后背。

  4. We took a turn around the park .

    我们在公园里转了一圈。

  5. It 's an example of how you can turn around the sentence and create a whole new meaning .

    那个例子告诉你如何改变一个句子使其表达出完全不一样的意思。

  6. I feel that if I say how tired I get , David will turn around and say , ' I told you so ' .

    我感觉如果我说自己有多累,戴维就会指责我说,“我早就告诉过你了。”

  7. Sit still and don 't turn around .

    坐着别动,不要转过身来。

  8. Because one day when you turn around around and look at the place where you planned to build your house , it will be an empty lot .

    因为某一天,当你转过身来,看看你打算建房子的地方,那将是一片空地。

  9. Don 't worry — it 's not the end of the world ! In traffic , what you do in this situation is just turn around and find a way .

    别担心,这不是世界末日!在交通中,这种情况下你要做的就是掉头找路。

  10. However , the hot waitress economic index could be a coincident or even a leading indicator for economic recovery because attractive people may be the first group of individuals to find better paying jobs when a bad economy begins to turn around .

    不过,漂亮服务员经济指数却是一个巧合或者甚至可以作为一个预测经济复苏的先行指数,因为漂亮人士可能是经济开始好转时第一批能找到较高收入工作的人群。

  11. Might as well turn around , just keep on going .

    也许不如掉头继续跑。

  12. I wish I could just make you turn around .

    我希望我能让你回头。

  13. Most of us prefer to turn around and go back .

    我们大多宁愿选择走回头路。

  14. Well , turn around and go back where you came from . -

    那就调头,从哪儿来回哪儿去。-

  15. A dead end is just a good place to turn around .

    途穷之地,正好回头。

  16. We could still turn around and go back to princeton .

    我们还可以调头回普林斯顿。

  17. Turn around and walk back the way you came .

    转身,沿着来路回去。

  18. Turn around , and don 't look until I tell you .

    转过身去,不许偷看,我说行了才能转过来。

  19. I want you all to turn around - !

    我要你们所有都转过身去-!

  20. Now , I would like to turn around and ask for YOUR HELP .

    现在,我也转而请求你的帮助。

  21. How many times will you let me change my mind and turn around ?

    多少次你会让我改变心意而回头呢?

  22. Turn around and put your hands on your head .

    转过身去,双手抱头。

  23. If you turn around , you might go blind .

    如果你不转身的话,你会变瞎子的。

  24. I can see why you want turn around and go back to the way .

    我也明白你为什么想转身回去的原因。

  25. You never know when it will turn around and bite .

    你预料不到它什么时候会回咬你一口。

  26. " Turn around , and pay attention . "

    “转身过来,将注意力集中。”

  27. Do you want to turn around and do the other thing right now ?

    你现在想不想回去做另一件事?

  28. Turn around and let me see your profile .

    把脸转过去,让我看看你的侧面。

  29. Well , if I have to turn around , you should turn around .

    好吧,如果我必须转过身来,那你们也要转过身去。

  30. And then at some point they turn around and they look at you ,

    然后,在某时,他们会转过身来问看着你,