| 单词 | turn around |
| 释义 | turn around or turn round 1. turn [sense 1] 2. phrasal verb 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. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn'tshow. [VERB PARTICLE noun] There was enough room for a wheelchair to get in but not to turn round. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb 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. [business] Turning the company around won't be easy. [VERB noun PARTICLE] In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions. [VERB PARTICLE noun] If the economy turned round the government's authority would quickly increase. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you turn around a question, sentence, or idea, you change the way in which it is expressed, in order to consider it differently. What's the point of history? Let's turn the question around: imagine a world withthe history written out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] It's an example of how you can turn around the sentence and create a whole new meaning. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 5. See also turnaround 6. See full dictionary entry for turn See turn around and say turn around in American English Slang 1. to change or alter the attitude, behavior, condition, etc. of, as to improve or impress 2. to complete (a project, process, etc.) Examples of 'turn around' in a sentence |
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