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turn (obj) SWITCHHtV:n, $tV:rnv [always + adv/prep]to use a control to switch (a piece of equipment) on or off or to increase or reduce what it is producing（为将物体开启、关闭、升高、降低、收紧、放松等而）旋动，拧动Turn off/out the light. [M]关上灯。Who turned the telly on? [M]谁开电视的？I asked him to turn down the heating. [M]我让他将暖气关小一点。Turn the sound up -- I can't hear what they're saying. [M]把声音开大一点----我听不到他们在说什么。This programme's boring -- shall I turn over (= change the station) to BBC? [I]这个节目没意思----我换到BBC好吗？This sort of heater turns off (= can be switched off) at the mains. [I]这种暖气设备可以在总干道关闭。(infml) If something turns you on, it interests or excites you, esp. sexually.（使）产生兴趣（或爱好、热情等）; （使）激发性欲If something turns you off, it does not interest you or excite you.（使）失去兴趣（或爱好、热情等）; （使）不再喜欢; （使）讨厌Short men really turn me on.矮小的男人真令我兴奋。"In my spare time I make models out of matchsticks." "Oh well, anything that/whatever turns you on, I suppose (= That would not interest or excite me). " “在闲暇时我用火柴棍制作模型。”“得，这种东西只有你才会感兴趣。”The smell of her breath would turn any man off.她嘴巴的气味令所有的男人扫兴。(infml) A turn-off is something which you dislike or which you do not find interesting or sexually exciting.令人厌烦的东西; 令人倒胃口的事情; 引不起性欲的东西This system may provide a powerful tool for adults who find computers a turn-off yet need to learn to use them.这个系统将为那些觉得电脑使人厌烦然而又需要学会使用的成年人提供有力的工具。A carefully worded questionnaire (excluding turn-off words such as 'arts'and 'culture' found that more than 90% of the people wanted good theatres and museums to be available.一份措辞谨慎的问答卷（不包括叫人倒胃口的东西, 如‘艺术’和‘文化’等）发现90%的人希望有条件好的剧院和博物馆。(infml) A turn-on is something which you find exciting, esp. sexually.激发激情的东西; 令人激动（或兴奋的）东西（或人）; 激发性欲的人（或东西）To the advertisers who created the image she is a successful businesswoman but also a turn-on to men.对那些创造这个形象的广告人来说, 她不仅是一位成功的女商人，而且对男人来讲也是一个尤物。If you try to turn the clock back, you want things to be the way they were in the past.把钟拨慢; 倒退; 回到陈规陋习"Turn on, tune in, and drop out" (Dr Timothy Leary, quoted in his The Politics of Ecstasy, 1968) “打开开关，选好频道，陶然忘忧。”（引自提莫西·利而里博士的《入迷的策略》）
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