revert
英 [r?'v??t]
美 [r?'v?t]
- vi. 回復(fù)；重提；返祖遺傳；歸還
- vt. 使回復(fù)原狀
- n. 恢復(fù)原狀者
- n. (Revert)人名；(西)雷韋特；(法)勒韋爾
助記提示
1、re- "back" + vert-.
2、字面含義：turn back, return.
3、該詞的構(gòu)造及其含義可以說與return是異曲同工。
中文詞源
revert 回轉(zhuǎn)，回復(fù)，恢復(fù)re-,向后，往回，-vert,轉(zhuǎn)，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.
- 園藝植物有時會恢復(fù)其原來的野生形態(tài).
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness.
- 返回岸上后，救生衣就會癟掉，恢復(fù)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(nóng)民堅持或倒退到個體農(nóng)業(yè).
來自辭典例句