| 单词 | revert |
| 释义 | revert (rɪvɜːʳt ) Word forms: reverts , reverting , reverted 1. verb When people or things revert to a previous state, system, or type of behaviour, they go back to it. Jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking heavily. [VERB + to] 2. verb When someone reverts to a previous topic, they start talking or thinking about it again. [written] In the car she reverted to the subject uppermost in her mind. [VERB + to] 3. verb If you revert to your usual language, you start using that language again. [literary] After all these years she had reverted to her Veneto dialect and nobody could understand what she was saying. [VERB to noun] 4. verb If property, rights, or money revert to someone, they become that person's again after someone else has had them for a period of time. [law] When the lease ends, the property reverts to the freeholder. [VERB + to] Synonyms: return, go back to, be returned to, be once again in the possession of 5. revert to type phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone has reverted to type, you mean that they are now behaving as you would expect them to, after having behaved in an unexpected and better way. [disapproval] He was adamant that this setback does not mean he has reverted to type. Translations: Chinese: 恢复 先前的状态、制度或行为 Japanese: 戻る |
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