- move backwards倒, 倒退：
the lorry reversed into the back of a bus.
卡车倒车时撞到了公共汽车的尾部。
- with obj. cause (a vehicle) to move backwards使（车辆）倒行, 倒退：
I got in the car, reversed it and drove it up the drive.
我上了车, 倒了倒, 然后顺着道往前开。
- with obj. turn (something) the other way round or up or inside out反转; 倒转; 颠倒; 将…内面翻出来：
as adj. reversed a reversed S-shape.反S形。
- with obj. make (something) the opposite of what it was使逆转; 把…颠倒过来：
the damage done to the ozone layer may be reversed.
对臭氧层造成的破坏可以逆转。
- with obj. exchange (the position or function) of two people or things互换（位置, 功能）：
the experimenter and the subject reversed roles and the experiment was repeated.
实验者和实验对象调换了角色后又做了一遍实验。
- with obj. Law revoke or annul (a judgement, sentence, or decree made by a lower court or authority)【律】废弃, 撤销（下级法院或权力机构的裁决、宣判或法令）：
the court reversed his conviction.
法庭撤销了对他的判决。
- (of an engine) work in a contrary direction（发动机）反向运转：
the ship's engines reversed and cut out altogether.
船上的发动机出现反转, 然后就全停了。
- with obj. Printing make (type or a design) appear as white in a block of solid colour or a half-tone【印刷】使（铅字, 图案）印成白或浅色：
their press ads had a headline reversed out of the illustration.
他们的报纸广告在图案上出现白色的文字广告标题。
- going in or turned towards the direction opposite to that previously stated反向的, 倒转的：
the trend appears to be going in the reverse direction.
时尚似乎正在向反方向发展。
- operating, behaving, or ordered in a way contrary or opposite to that which is usual or expected反向操作（或运转）的; 颠倒顺序的：
here are the results in reverse order.
这是用倒序列出的成果。
- Electronics (of a voltage applied to a semiconductor junction) in the direction which does not allow significant current to flow【电子】（半导体结的外加电压）反向的。
- Geology denoting a fault or faulting in which a relative downward movement occurred in the strata situated on the underside of the fault plane【地质】（地层）逆断的, 冲断的。
- a complete change of direction or action逆向; 逆转：
the gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis.
瘿瘤引起光合作用逆转。
- mass noun reverse gear on a motor vehicle; the position of a gear lever or selector corresponding to this倒车齿轮; 倒档位置。参见后面in reverse.
the reverse
the opposite or contrary to that previously stated相对; 相反：he didn't feel homesick - quite the reverse.
恰恰相反, 他根本不想家。
- an adverse change of fortune; a setback or defeat（运气的）逆转, 厄运; 挫折, 失败：
United suffered their heaviest reverse of the season.
联队遭遇到本赛季最严重的挫折。
- American Football a play in which a player reverses the direction of attack by passing the ball to a teammate moving in the opposite direction【美橄】（将球传给跑向相反方向队友的）横向传球。
- the opposite side or face to the observer反面, 背面：
the address is given on the reverse of this leaflet.
地址写在传单的背面。
- a left-hand page of an open book, or the back of a loose document（翻开的书）左手页; （活页文件的）背面。
- the side of a coin or medal bearing the value or secondary design（硬币或奖牌）反面。
- the design or inscription on this side（硬币或奖牌）反面图案（或刻字）。参见OBVERSE （义项1）。
in（或into）reverse
- (of a motor vehicle) in reverse gear so as to travel backwards（机动车辆）倒挡（为了倒车）：
he put the Cadillac into reverse.
他把凯迪拉克车向后倒。
- in the opposite direction or manner from usual向相反方向; 与往常相反：
a similar ride next year will do the route in reverse.
明年类似的行驶将沿这条路线反向而行。
reverse arms
- hold a rifle with the butt upwards, typically as a drill movement at a military or state funeral枪口朝下（枪把朝上, 尤用作军葬或国葬的操枪动作）。
reverse the charges
- chiefly Brit. make the recipient of a telephone call responsible for payment〈主英〉由受话方付费。