turn around

(also turn round British English) phrasal verbphr v

a) SUCCESSFULif a business, department etc that is not successful turns around, or if someone turns it around, it starts to be successful （使）〔业务、部门等〕好转，扭转

The company turned around from losses of £1.4 million last year to profits of £26,800.

公司由去年的亏损140万英镑扭转为赢利2.68万英镑。

turn something ↔ around

At Rockwell International he had turned around a badly performing division.

在洛克威尔国际有限公司，他使一个业绩糟糕的部门有了起色。

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b) if a situation, game etc turns around, or if someone turns it around, it changes and starts to develop in the way you want （使）转变〔指好转〕

After I met him, my whole life turned around.

我遇见他后，我的整个人生都发生了改变。

turn something ↔ around

Fender’s batting could turn matches around in half an hour.

芬德的击球能让比赛在半小时内扭转局势。

c) SAY turn around and say/do etc something spoken to say or do something that is unexpected or that seems unfair or unreasonable 反过来说〔出人意料或不公正、不合理的话〕；反过来做〔出人意料或不公正、不合理的事〕

You can’t just turn around and say that it was all my fault.

你不能反过来说这全是我的错。

d) turn something ↔ around to consider an idea, question etc in a different way, or change the words of something so that it has a different meaning 换个角度考虑〔某个观点、问题等〕；改变…的用词

Let’s turn the whole idea around and look at it from another angle.

让我们换个角度来考虑这个观点。

e) turn something ↔ aroundFINISH DOING something to complete the process of making a product or providing a service 完成，生产出〔某产品〕；提供〔某服务〕

We can turn around 500 units by next week.

到下周我们能完成500台。

f) every time somebody turns around spoken very often or all the time 经常，总是

Every time I turn around he seems to be checking up on me.

我每次回头他都好像是在监督我。

Examples from the Corpus

turn around• Ian, turn round and face the front!• I guess I thought that since everything was starting to turn around, I could slack off a little.• I turned around quickly to see if anyone was following me.• I really believe that Liverpool can turn around that 4-2 first leg reversal and win this game.

turn around and say/do etc something• After a couple of months, the Sioux turned around and came back west without permission.• Each was turned around and the wrists cuffed behind their backs.• He turned around and saw the first Stillman shuffling off in the other direction.• He turned around and slowed down, seeing no sign of the monsters.• Lepine turns around and starts spraying the students in the front rows with gunfire.• She turned around and went back to sit in the road.• There was no way to maneuver, even to turn around and get out if we had to.• Why turn around and do the same to one of our own?

→ turn around at turn1(PHRASAL VERB)

单词	turn around
释义	turn around turn around (also turn round British English) phrasal verbphr v a) SUCCESSFULif a business, department etc that is not successful turns around, or if someone turns it around, it starts to be successful （使）〔业务、部门等〕好转，扭转 The company turned around from losses of £1.4 million last year to profits of £26,800. 公司由去年的亏损140万英镑扭转为赢利2.68万英镑。 turn something ↔ around At Rockwell International he had turned around a badly performing division. 在洛克威尔国际有限公司，他使一个业绩糟糕的部门有了起色。 → turnaround b) if a situation, game etc turns around, or if someone turns it around, it changes and starts to develop in the way you want （使）转变〔指好转〕 After I met him, my whole life turned around. 我遇见他后，我的整个人生都发生了改变。 turn something ↔ around Fender’s batting could turn matches around in half an hour. 芬德的击球能让比赛在半小时内扭转局势。 c) SAY turn around and say/do etc something spoken to say or do something that is unexpected or that seems unfair or unreasonable 反过来说〔出人意料或不公正、不合理的话〕；反过来做〔出人意料或不公正、不合理的事〕 You can’t just turn around and say that it was all my fault. 你不能反过来说这全是我的错。 d) turn something ↔ around to consider an idea, question etc in a different way, or change the words of something so that it has a different meaning 换个角度考虑〔某个观点、问题等〕；改变…的用词 Let’s turn the whole idea around and look at it from another angle. 让我们换个角度来考虑这个观点。 e) turn something ↔ aroundFINISH DOING something to complete the process of making a product or providing a service 完成，生产出〔某产品〕；提供〔某服务〕 We can turn around 500 units by next week. 到下周我们能完成500台。 f) every time somebody turns around spoken very often or all the time 经常，总是 Every time I turn around he seems to be checking up on me. 我每次回头他都好像是在监督我。 Examples from the Corpus turn around• Ian, turn round and face the front!• I guess I thought that since everything was starting to turn around, I could slack off a little.• I turned around quickly to see if anyone was following me.• I really believe that Liverpool can turn around that 4-2 first leg reversal and win this game. turn around and say/do etc something• After a couple of months, the Sioux turned around and came back west without permission.• Each was turned around and the wrists cuffed behind their backs.• He turned around and saw the first Stillman shuffling off in the other direction.• He turned around and slowed down, seeing no sign of the monsters.• Lepine turns around and starts spraying the students in the front rows with gunfire.• She turned around and went back to sit in the road.• There was no way to maneuver, even to turn around and get out if we had to.• Why turn around and do the same to one of our own? → turn around at turn1(PHRASAL VERB)
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