reverse

英[rɪ'vɜːs] 美[rɪ'vɝs]
  • n. 背面;相反;倒退;失败
  • vt. 颠倒;倒转
  • adj. 反面的;颠倒的;反身的
  • vi. 倒退;逆叫

词态变化


复数: reverses;第三人称单数: reverses;过去式: reversed;过去分词: reversed;现在分词: reversing;

助记提示


1、re- "back" + vers- + -e.
2、该词来源于revert的拉丁语对应词的过去分词。由此取形容词词性并引申出如今的含义。
3、字面含义:turn back.
4、一方面表示转到后面、转到背面,由此引申为:背面的,反面的;另一方面表示逆转、反转,由此引申为:反转的,逆转的,颠倒的;相反的,反向的。
5、该词的动词含义来源于:revert的拉丁语对应词的反复体(反复动词:reversare),由此表示:颠倒,翻转;倒转,倒退,反向,逆转;推翻;撤销;调换。

中文词源


reverse 颠倒,反转,翻转,反向的,相反的

来自 revert,回转,-s,过去分词格。引申诸相关词义,词性也由形容词兼做名词和动词使用。

英文词源


reverse
reverse: see verse
reverse (adj.)
c. 1300, from Old French revers "reverse, cross, opposite" (13c.), from Latin reversus, past participle of revertere "turn back, turn about, come back, return" (see revert). Reverse angle in film-making is from 1934. Reverse discrimination is attested from 1962, American English.
reverse (n.)
mid-14c., "opposite or contrary" (of something), from reverse (adj.) or from Old French Related: revers "the opposite, reverse." Meaning "a defeat, a change of fortune" is from 1520s; meaning "back side of a coin" is from 1620s. Of gear-shifts in motor cars, from 1875. As a type of sports play (originally rugby) it is recorded from 1921.
reverse (v.)
early 14c. (transitive), "change, alter;" early 15c. (intransitive), "go backward," from Old French reverser "reverse, turn around; roll, turn up" (12c.), from Late Latin reversare "turn about, turn back," frequentative of Latin revertere (see revert). Related: Reversed; reversing.

双语例句


1. Amis tells the story in reverse, from the moment the man dies.
埃米斯以倒叙的方式讲述了这个故事,从这个男人死去的时候开始讲起。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The wrong attitude will have exactly the reverse effect.
错误的态度会产生完全相反的效果。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The company had to do something to reverse its sliding fortunes.
这个公司不得不采取一些措施扭转下滑的运势。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The bank reserves the right to reverse any transfers or payments.
银行保留撤销任何转账或支付操作的权利。

来自柯林斯例句

5. MPs hoped to reverse Britain's opt-out from the treaty.
国会议员希望推翻英国退出该条约的决定。

来自《权威词典》