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| /rɪˈvɜːs/ |
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| 1 | T to change the order or development of events, a process , or a situation to be the opposite of what it was 颠倒；使倒转 |
| The effects of the disease can only be reversed by a bone-marrow donation. 这种病的病情只有通过骨髓捐赠才能扭转。 |
| The stock market reversed course and closed with a modest gain. 股市一改常规，以小幅上涨收盘。 |
| | 1a | to change a court decision to be the opposite of what it was 撤销，推翻（法庭判决） | | The appeals court reversed his conviction and ordered his release. 上诉法庭撤销了对他的定罪并宣布将他无罪释放。 | |
| | 1b | to change your views, policies etc to the opposite ones 转变；改变 | | The new government set about reversing previous policies. 新政府开始转变以前的政策。 | |
| | 1c | to change a decision you have made , for example because people have criticized it 改弦易辙 | |
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| 2 | I/T to go backwards in a vehicle or to make a vehicle do this 倒车；（使）（车）倒退 |
| She reversed into the parking space. 她把车倒进停车位。 |
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| 3 | T to turn something so that the part that is usually on the outside is on the inside 把…翻过来；翻转 |
| You can reverse the jacket so that the pattern is on the outside. 你可以把夹克翻过来穿，这样图案就露在外面了。 |
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| 4 | T to exchange your activities or status with that of another person 交换；互换 |
| He’ s always taught me, but now the roles are reversed and I can teach him. 他总是教育我，但现在角色换了，我可以教他了。 |
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| - | reverse the charges BRITISH
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| to make the person you are calling on the telephone agree to pay for the call |
| 使接听人同意付费 |
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