英语词汇“turn around”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

turn around

释义

turn around and turn over

Theme: REVERSAL

in. [for something] to undergo a major, dynamic change.

Things turned around for Willard and went okay for a while.When life turned over and things went more smoothly, Frank was happier.

Idiom

turn aroundturn (something) around

to cause a situation or organization to change in a positive direction.

They were losing badly but they turned things around in the second half of the game.We've hired a new director who we hope will turn around the failing company.

Phr V

turn around

turns, turning, turned

turn around/round sth or turn sth around/round

to change an unsuccessful business, plan, or system so that it becomes successful

A new director has been brought in to turn the company round.The opposition party is promising to turn round the economy in six months if they are elected.

turnaround

noun a sudden improvement, especially in a business or the economy of a country

Forecasts of an economic turnaround were challenged yesterday.

to change the words or meaning of something that someone has said or written

Whenever I say something he always manages to turn it round and make it sound stupid.

turn around/round (sb/sth) or turn (sb/sth) around/round

to turn so that you are facing the opposite direction, or to make someone or something do this

Someone called her name and she turned around.He'd turned all her photographs round to face the wall.

turn around

verb in criminal or police usage, to persuade someone to inform or otherwise betray US, 1975

phraseturn around1. turn around/round • turn sb/sth around/round to turn so that you are facing in the opposite direction, or to make something do this: Simpson turned around in his chair and looked out of the window. Can you help me turn the sofa round?2. turn sth around/round • turn around/round sth to make a business, organization, economy etc successful again after it has been unsuccessful: There are no quick solutions for turning around a sinking economy. A new management team was brought in to turn the company around.turn things around I'm sure if we get the right sort of financial backing we can turn things round.3. turn around/round if a business, school, economy etc turns around, it starts to become successful after it has been unsuccessful: In just a year the firm has turned around from a $106 million loss to an $11 million profit.turnaround n C a complete change from a bad situation to a good one, especially for a business or a country's economy: the recent sharp turnaround in Mexico's financial situation4. turn around/round and ... spoken used to say that someone suddenly does something that is unexpected or unreasonable: You can't tell other people what to do, and then turn around and say that you aren't going to do it yourself. The company got rid of 200 permanent employees, then turned round and hired others on a temporary basis.5. turn sth around/round to consider something in a different way, or change the words of something so that it has a different meaning: You can of course turn the whole idea around and look at it from another angle. I think it's more interesting to turn the question around, and ask ourselves why some people do not break down, even though they have a strong genetic disposition to do so.6. turn around/round sth • turn sth around/round to complete the process of making a product or providing a service: We guarantee we can turn your order around in under a month.turnaround n singular the time it takes to complete the process of making a product or producing a service: a 3 week turnaround

turn around (something)

To reverse the direction or course of something; to reverse the way something is facing or oriented. I swear, if you kids don't stop fighting back there, I am going to turn around this car and take us straight back home! The company is hiring a new financial consultant to turn around the sales trends of the last two years.

turn something around

and turn something about

to reverse the direction of something; to cause something to face the opposite direction. Turn the car around and head it in the other direction. If you turn the chair around, we can see one another while we talk.

turn around

and turn about

to reverse direction; to face the opposite direction or turn completely. The bus turned around and went the other way. Please turn around so I can see who you are.

turn around

Reverse the direction or course of something or someone, as in He has a way of turning around a failing business, or If someone doesn't turn him around he's headed for trouble. [Late 1800s]

turn around

1. To cause something to reverse direction or course: The driver turned the car around. The child turned around the bike.

2. To reverse one's way, course, or direction: We turned around and headed back home.

3. To reverse a decline in performance, value, or health: The stock turned around.

4. To cause something to reverse a decline in performance, value, or health: The new owner turned around the company. The counselor turned our marriage around.

5. To receive, process, and send something out: If you drop off your dry cleaning today, we can turn it around by Monday. The bank will turn around the check quickly.

6. To distort the purpose, intention, or content of something: Stop turning my words around! They turned around my ideas so that I didn't even recognize them.

turn around

and turn over

in. [for something] to undergo a major, dynamic change. When life turned over and things went more smoothly, Frank was happier.

随便看

青年旅行网英语在线翻译词典收录了440382条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。