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单词 reversion
释义
reversion
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WORD FAMILY
reversion: reversionary, reversioner, reversionist, reversions+/reversioner: reversioners/reversionist: reversionists/revert: reversion, reversive, reverted, reverting, reverts
USAGE EXAMPLES
But last week’s session was a reversion to the strong-arm rule that Republicans decried in the 1980s.
Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016)
Strategies that outperform for a stretch often succumb to simple mean reversion.
Wall Street Journal(Dec 19, 2016)
“When we registered a request, in 2014, for the reversion of our eligible copyrights in America, we understood it to be a formality. “
The Guardian(Dec 02, 2016)
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1n returning to a former state
Syn|Hyper
regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion
reversal
a change from one state to the opposite state
2n a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Syn|Hyper
atavism, throwback
recurrence, return
happening again (especially at regular intervals)
3n a failure to maintain a higher state
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting
recidivism
habitual relapse into crime
failure
an act that fails
2
n turning in the opposite direction
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
reversal, reverse, turnabout, turnaround
about turn, about-face
act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
u-turn
complete reversal of direction of travel
change of direction, reorientation
the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented
3
n (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
Hypo|Hyper
escheat
a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs
interest, stake
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
4
n (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
Hyper
chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
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