1 VERB 恢复,回复(到以前的状态、制度或行为) When people or things revert to a previous state, system, or type of behaviour, they go back to it. 恢复,回复(到以前的状态、制度或行为)
2 VERB 回到,重提,重新考虑(某个话题) When someone reverts to a previous topic, they start talking or thinking about it again. 回到,重提,重新考虑(某个话题) [written]
3 VERB 重新使用(惯用的语言) If you revert to your usual language, you start using that language again. 重新使用(惯用的语言) [literary]
4 VERB (财产、权力、金钱等)归还,归属 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. (财产、权力、金钱等)归还,归属 [law]
SYN return, go back to, be returned to, be once again in the possession of
5 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 恢复原样;故态复萌 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. 恢复原样;故态复萌 [disapproval]
Word Link | vert ≈ turning : convert, invert, revert |
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