英語單詞

revert是什麽意思

revert

英 [rɪ'vɜːt] 美 [rɪ'vɝt]
  • vi. 回複;重提;返祖遺傳;歸還
  • vt. 使回複原狀
  • n. 恢複原狀者
  • n. (Revert)人名;(西)雷韋特;(法)勒韋爾

助記提示


1、re- "back" + vert-.
2、字麵含義:turn back, return.
3、該詞的構造及其含義可以說與return是異曲同工。

中文詞源


revert 回轉,回複,恢複

re-,向後,往回,-vert,轉,詞源同 pervert,perverse.

英文詞源


revert (v.)
c. 1300, "to come to oneself again," from Old French revertir "return, change back," from Vulgar Latin *revertire, variant of Latin revertere "turn back, turn about; come back, return," from re- "back" (see re-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Of position or property from mid-15c.; application to customs and ideas is from 1610s.

雙語例句


1. Garden plants sometimes revert to type.
園藝植物有時會恢複其原來的野生形態.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness.
返回岸上後,救生衣就會癟掉,恢複成背帶狀。

來自柯林斯例句

3. They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.
他們將回歸到用老方法耕地。

來自辭典例句

4. Must he revert to Ellen always?
難道他非提到母親不行?

來自飄(部分)

5. Peasants were allowed to adhere or revert to individual farming in Poland.
波蘭允許農民堅持或倒退到個體農業.

來自辭典例句

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