单词 | reversibility |
释义 | reversereverse1 /rɪˈvɚs/ ●●○ AWL verb 1[transitive] to change something, such as a decision, judgment, or process so that it is the opposite of what it was before or so that it goes back to what it originally was: It will take years to reverse the damage done by pollution.reverse a decision/ruling/verdict etc. The judgment was reversed by a higher court.reverse a trend/process/decline etc. We need to reverse the trend towards centralized power.2[transitive] if two people’s situations, positions, or roles are reversed, each one begins to behave in the way that the other one used to behave: Our roles as child and parent had now been reversed.3[transitive] to change the usual order of the parts of something: Half the new police squad cars have the colors reversed.4[transitive] to turn something over, so as to show the back of it or so that it faces the opposite way: The image on the screen was reversed and upside down.5reverse yourself to change your opinion or position in an argument6[intransitive, transitive] if a car or its driver reverses, they go backward—reversibility /rɪˌvɚsəˈbɪlət̮i/ noun [uncountable] |
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