revolution

Word family noun revolution revolutionary revolutionerrevolutionismadjective revolutionary revolutionalrevolutionistverb revolutionize

Related topics: Politics, Sociology

rev·o·lu·tion /ˌrevəˈluːʃən/ W3 AWL noun

1 [countableC]CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT a complete change in ways of thinking, methods of working etc 〔思想、工作方式等的〕彻底变革，革命

revolution in

In the last ten years there has been a revolution in education.

近十年来，教育发生了巨大的变化。

social/cultural/sexual etc revolution

the biggest social revolution we have had in this country

我们国家所经历的最大的社会变革

the sexual revolution of the 1960s

20世纪60年代的性革命

→ Industrial Revolution, the

2 [countableC, uncountableU]PPSS a time when people change a ruler or political system by using force or violence 〔使用武力或暴力的〕革命 → revolt, rebellion

the French Revolution of 1789

1789年法国大革命

The role of women has changed since the revolution.

革命以后妇女的角色已有改变。

The country seems to be heading towards revolution.

该国似乎在走向革命。

→ counter-revolution

3 TURN

a) [countableC, uncountableU] a circular movement around something 旋转 → revolve

revolution around

the planets’ revolution around the Sun

行星围绕太阳的公转

b) TURN[countableC] one complete circular spinning movement, made by something such as a wheel attached to a central point 旋转一周 → revolve

a speed of 100 revolutions per minute

每分钟100转的转速

THESAURUS

revolt/rebellion/uprising an attempt by a large group of people at revolution 起义；反叛

a popular uprising (=involving ordinary people, not the army)

民变

coup /kuː/ an occasion when a group of people, especially soldiers, suddenly take control of a country ﹝尤指军人发动的﹞政变

a military coup

军事政变

Examples from the Corpus

revolution• The 1789 revolution marked the end of the French monarchy.• The shaft spins at 950 revolutions per minute.• Penicillin began a revolution in the treatment of infectious disease.• They argue that our schools are failing our children, and that the education system needs a revolution.• It needed not only a revolution in organisation but in technology too.• Einstein's General Theory of Relativity started a revolution in scientific thinking.• Abandoned by her family and deserted by her servants, Elena Petrescu was incapable of grasping that a revolution had happened.• This was a revolution in thought.• the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917• Just 12 days after the emperor's death, the country erupted into revolution.• The planet rotates in the same direction as its revolution around the sun.• The upheavals of the era tended to come together, one kind of revolution easily attaching itself to another.• Talk of revolution and counter-revolution has been banned from the rhetoric of the moment.• The Earth makes one revolution around the sun each year.• an era of rural unrest and peasant revolution• Trotsky was one of the leading figures in the Russian Revolution of 1917.• The 1970s saw the beginnings of a new technological revolution, based on microelectronics.• the technological revolution• Apple had gone off to start the revolution without Xerox.

social/cultural/sexual etc revolution• Petrashevskii's proposal that merchants be allowed to buy populated estates hardly bespoke a passion for social revolution.• Primary schoolchildren from Cultural Revolution days seemed regimented - yet were encouraged to criticize their teachers.• Other social revolutions have bearing on the e-commerce applications.• On the other hand they were allowed to criticize their teachers, something unthinkable before the Cultural Revolution.• The crimes which everyone committed, he concludes, were caused by the Cultural Revolution.• During the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to the countryside to plant rice for two years.• It is about individual struggles with social revolution.

From Longman Business Dictionary

revolutionrev·o·lu·tion /ˌrevəˈluːʃən/ noun [countableC]

a complete change in ways of thinking, methods of working etc

revolution in

Computer technology has caused a revolution in working practices.

—revolutionary adjectiveadj

revolutionary advances in aircraft design

→ see also Industrial Revolution

Origin revolution

(1300-1400) Old French Latin revolutio, from revolvere; → REVOLVE

单词	revolution
释义	revolution Word family noun revolution revolutionary revolutionerrevolutionismadjective revolutionary revolutionalrevolutionistverb revolutionize Related topics: Politics, Sociology rev·o·lu·tion /ˌrevəˈluːʃən/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun 1 [countableC]CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT a complete change in ways of thinking, methods of working etc 〔思想、工作方式等的〕彻底变革，革命 revolution in In the last ten years there has been a revolution in education. 近十年来，教育发生了巨大的变化。 social/cultural/sexual etc revolution the biggest social revolution we have had in this country 我们国家所经历的最大的社会变革 the sexual revolution of the 1960s 20世纪60年代的性革命 → Industrial Revolution, the 2 [countableC, uncountableU]PPSS a time when people change a ruler or political system by using force or violence 〔使用武力或暴力的〕革命 → revolt, rebellion the French Revolution of 1789 1789年法国大革命 The role of women has changed since the revolution. 革命以后妇女的角色已有改变。 The country seems to be heading towards revolution. 该国似乎在走向革命。 → counter-revolution 3 TURN a) [countableC, uncountableU] a circular movement around something 旋转 → revolve revolution around the planets’ revolution around the Sun 行星围绕太阳的公转 b) TURN[countableC] one complete circular spinning movement, made by something such as a wheel attached to a central point 旋转一周 → revolve a speed of 100 revolutions per minute 每分钟100转的转速 THESAURUS revolt/rebellion/uprising an attempt by a large group of people at revolution 起义；反叛 a popular uprising (=involving ordinary people, not the army) 民变 coup /kuː/ an occasion when a group of people, especially soldiers, suddenly take control of a country ﹝尤指军人发动的﹞政变 a military coup 军事政变 Examples from the Corpus revolution• The 1789 revolution marked the end of the French monarchy.• The shaft spins at 950 revolutions per minute.• Penicillin began a revolution in the treatment of infectious disease.• They argue that our schools are failing our children, and that the education system needs a revolution.• It needed not only a revolution in organisation but in technology too.• Einstein's General Theory of Relativity started a revolution in scientific thinking.• Abandoned by her family and deserted by her servants, Elena Petrescu was incapable of grasping that a revolution had happened.• This was a revolution in thought.• the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917• Just 12 days after the emperor's death, the country erupted into revolution.• The planet rotates in the same direction as its revolution around the sun.• The upheavals of the era tended to come together, one kind of revolution easily attaching itself to another.• Talk of revolution and counter-revolution has been banned from the rhetoric of the moment.• The Earth makes one revolution around the sun each year.• an era of rural unrest and peasant revolution• Trotsky was one of the leading figures in the Russian Revolution of 1917.• The 1970s saw the beginnings of a new technological revolution, based on microelectronics.• the technological revolution• Apple had gone off to start the revolution without Xerox. social/cultural/sexual etc revolution• Petrashevskii's proposal that merchants be allowed to buy populated estates hardly bespoke a passion for social revolution.• Primary schoolchildren from Cultural Revolution days seemed regimented - yet were encouraged to criticize their teachers.• Other social revolutions have bearing on the e-commerce applications.• On the other hand they were allowed to criticize their teachers, something unthinkable before the Cultural Revolution.• The crimes which everyone committed, he concludes, were caused by the Cultural Revolution.• During the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to the countryside to plant rice for two years.• It is about individual struggles with social revolution. From Longman Business Dictionary revolutionrev·o·lu·tion /ˌrevəˈluːʃən/ noun [countableC] a complete change in ways of thinking, methods of working etc revolution in Computer technology has caused a revolution in working practices. —revolutionary adjectiveadj revolutionary advances in aircraft design → see also Industrial Revolution Origin revolution (1300-1400) Old French Latin revolutio, from revolvere; → REVOLVE
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