剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - reverse collapse

reverse
[UK]/rɪ'vɜ:s/ [US]/-'vɝ:s/
verb [I or T]
I
* to (cause something to) go backwards, or to change the direction, order, position, result, etc. of something to its opposite
（使）反向；（使）倒转；彻底改变；推翻

1. She reversed the car into the parking space.
她把车倒进停车位。

2. The new manager hoped to reverse the decline in the company's fortunes.
新经理希望能够扭转公司江河日下的状况。

3. Now that you have a job and I don't, our situations are reversed.
你找到了工作，我倒没有工作了，我们的情况正好相反。

4. The Court of Appeal reversed the earlier judgment.
上诉法院推翻了先前的判决。

reverse the charges (US also call collect)
* to make a telephone call that is paid for by the person receiving it
打对方付费电话；使受话方付款

[UK]/rɪ'vɜ:s/ [US]/-'vɝ:s/
noun
the reverse
I
* the opposite of what has been suggested
相反的情况（或事物）；对立面

1. The teachers say my son is slow, but I believe the reverse (is true).
老师们说我儿子反应迟钝，但我觉得恰恰相反。

* the back of a coin, medal , etc
（硬币、奖章等的）反面，背面

1. The English £1 coin has a royal coat of arms on the reverse.
一英镑硬币的背面有王室盾徽的图案。

in reverse (order)
* in the opposite order or way
向相反方向；倒；逆

1. To stop the engine, you repeat the same procedures, but in reverse (order).
要想关掉引擎，你得按相反顺序重复同样的步骤。

[U] (also reverse gear)
* the method of controlling a vehicle that makes it go backwards
倒车档

1. To go backwards, you must put the car in/into reverse (gear).
要想倒车，你得挂倒车档。

[C] formal
* a defeat or failure
失败；挫折

1. They suffered a serious military/political reverse.
他们遭受了一次重大的军事／政治失败。

[UK]/rɪ'vɜ:s/ [US]/-'vɝ:s/
noun
go into reverse
* If a situation goes into reverse, it becomes the opposite of what it was before
出现逆转；向相反方向发展

1. The trend towards home ownership has gone into reverse.
个人拥有房屋的趋势已经发生了逆转。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - reverse collapse

reverse ★★★☆☆
1.VERB 动词逆转，彻底改变（决定、政策、趋势等） When someone or something reverses a decision, policy, or trend, they change it to the opposite decision, policy, or trend.

【语法信息】：V n

  • They have made it clear they will not reverse the decision to increase prices...

    他们已经明确表示不会更改提价的决定。

  • The rise, the first in 10 months, reversed the downward trend in Belgium's jobless rate.

    10个月来失业率的首次上升逆转了比利时失业率持续下降的趋势。

2.VERB 动词颠倒，反转（事物的顺序） If you reverse the order of a set of things, you arrange them in the opposite order, so that the first thing comes last.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：be V-ed

  • In the squares place a penny, nickel, dime and quarter in that order. The object is to reverse the order of these coins...

    在这些方块中按顺序放置1分、5分、10分和25分的硬币各一枚。目标是颠倒这些硬币的顺序。

  • The normal word order is reversed in passive sentences.

    正常词序在被动句中是颠倒的。

3.VERB 动词交换，互换（位置、功能） If you reverse the positions or functions of two things, you change them so that each thing has the position or function that the other one had.

【语法信息】：V n

  • He reversed the position of the two stamps.

    他将两枚邮票的位置调换了一下。

4.V-ERG 及物/不及物动词倒（车） When a car reverses or when you reverse it, the car is driven backwards.

【语法信息】：V

【语法信息】：V n

【语域标签】：mainly BRIT 主英

  • Another car reversed out of the drive...

    另一辆车倒出了车道。

  • He reversed and drove away...

    他把车倒出来，开走了。

  • He reversed his car straight at the policeman.

    他径直把车倒向警察。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用back up
5.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词倒挡;倒车 If your car is in reverse, you have changed gear so that you can drive it backwards.

【搭配模式】：usu in/into N

  • He lurched the car in reverse along the ruts to the access road.

    他顺着车辙摇摇晃晃地将车倒到了支路上。

6.ADJ 形容词相反的 Reverse means opposite to what you expect or to what has just been described.

【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n

  • The wrong attitude will have exactly the reverse effect.

    错误的态度会产生完全相反的效果。

7.N-SING 单数名词完全相反;正相反 If you say that one thing is the reverse of another, you are emphasizing that the first thing is the complete opposite of the second thing.

【搭配模式】：the N

  • There is absolutely no evidence at all that spectators want longer cricket matches. Quite the reverse...

    完全没有证据表明观众想看时间更长的板球比赛。情况恰恰相反。

  • This would lead one to expect a fat, dense and detailed autobiography. The reverse is true. The book is short and spare.

    这会让人以为是一本内容晦涩而详尽的大部头自传。但正好相反，这本书简短明了。

8.N-COUNT 可数名词严重的失败;挫折 A reverse is a serious failure or defeat.

【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

  • It's clear that the party of the former Prime Minister has suffered a major reverse.

    显然，前首相所在党派遭受了重大的挫折。

9.N-SING 单数名词反面;背面 The reverse or the reverse side of a flat object which has two sides is the less important or the other side.

【搭配模式】：the N

  • Cheques should be made payable to Country Living and your address written on the reverse.

    支票抬头必须写“《乡村生活》杂志”，你的地址应写在背面。

10.PHRASE 短语相反地;逆向地;颠倒地 If something happens in reverse or goes into reverse, things happen in the opposite way to what usually happens or to what has been happening.

【搭配模式】：v PHR

  • 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。

  • The downward trend went into reverse and the scores started to creep up again.

    比分下降的趋势发生逆转，分数又开始逐渐上升了。

11.PHRASE 短语打对方付费的电话 If you reverse the charges when you make a telephone call, the person who you are phoning pays the cost of the call and not you.

【搭配模式】：V inflects

【语域标签】：BRIT 英
    in AM, use 美国英语用 call collect

    牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - reverse collapse

    ☞ reverse
    re·verse / ri5vE:s; NAmE ri5vE:rs / verbCHANGE TO OPPOSITE 转化为对立面
    1. [VN] to change sth completely so that it is the opposite of what it was before
       颠倒；彻底转变；使完全相反:
       to reverse a procedure / process / trend
       彻底改变程序/过程/趋势
       The government has failed to reverse the economic decline.
       政府未能扭转经济滑坡的趋势。
       It is sometimes possible to arrest or reverse the disease.
       有时可以阻止病情发展或使病情彻底好转。
    2. [VN] to change a previous decision, law, etc. to the opposite one
       撤销,废除(决定、法律等)
       SYN  revoke :
       The Court of Appeal reversed the decision.
       上诉法庭撤销了这项裁决。
    3. [VN] to turn sth the opposite way around or change the order of sth around
       使反转；使次序颠倒:
       Writing is reversed in a mirror.
       镜子里的字是反的。
       You should reverse the order of these pages.
       你该把这几页的顺序颠倒过来。
    EXCHANGE TWO THINGS 交换
    4. [VN] to exchange the positions or functions of ten things
       交换(位置或功能):
       It felt as if we had reversed our roles of parent and child.
       感觉就像我们父母和孩子交换了角色。
       She used to work for me, but our situations are now reversed.
       过去她为我工作,而现在我们的地位对调了。
    YOURSELF 自己
    5. [VN] ~ yourself (on sth) (NAmE) to admit you were wrong or to stop having a particular position in an argument
       承认错误；放弃(立场):
       He has reversed himself on a dozen issues.
       他已经不再坚持自己在一系列问题上的立场。
    VEHICLE 车辆
    6. (especially BrE) when a vehicle or its driver reverses or the driver reverses a vehicle, the vehicle goes backwards
       (使)倒退行驶；倒车
      ▪ [VN]
       Now reverse the car.
       现在倒车。
      ▪ [V]
       He reversed around the corner.
       他倒车转过拐角。
       She reversed into a parking space.
       她将车倒着开进停车位。
       Caution! This truck is reversing.
       小心！卡车在倒车。
    ⇨ compare back v.(1)
    TELEPHONE CALL 打电话
    7. [VN] ~ (the) charges (BrE) to make a telephone call that will be paid for by the person you are calling, not by you
       打对方付费的电话:
       I want to reverse the charges, please.
       劳驾,我想打一个由受话人付费的电话。
    ⇨ see also collect adj. nounOPPOSITE 相反
    1. the reverse [sing.] the opposite of what has just been mentioned
       相反的情况(或事物):
       This problem is the reverse of the previous one.
       这个问题和上一个问题相反。
       Although I expected to enjoy living in the country, in fact the reverse is true.
       尽管我原以为会喜欢乡村生活,但实际情况正好相反。
       In the south, the reverse applies.
       在南方,情况相反。
       It wasn't easy to persuade her to come— quite the reverse.
       说服她过来不容易——实在太难了。
    BACK 后面
    2. the reverse [sing.] the back of a coin, piece of material, piece of paper, etc.
       后面；背面；反面
    IN VEHICLE 车辆
    3. (also re7verse 'gear) [U] the machinery in a vehicle used to make it move backwards
       倒挡:
        Put the car in / into reverse.
       汽车挂上倒挡。
    LOSS / DEFEAT 损失；失败
    4. [C] (formal) a loss or defeat; a change from success to failure
       损失；失败；倒退
       SYN  setback :
       Property values have suffered another reverse.
       房地产价值再次遭受损失。
       a damaging political reverse
       具有破坏性的政治倒退
     IDIOMS 
    ▪ in re'verse
       in the opposite order or way
       反向；相反
       SYN  backwards :
       The secret number is my phone number in reverse.
       这个密码是我的电话号码的逆序排列。
       We did a similar trip to you, but in reverse.
       我们走了和你相似的旅程,但方向相反。
    ▪ go / put sth into re'verse
       to start to happen or to make sth happen in the opposite way
       (使)出现逆转,转化为对立面:
       In 2002 economic growth went into reverse.
       2002 年,经济增长发生了逆转。 adjective[only before noun]
    OPPOSITE 相反
    1. opposite to what has been mentioned
       相反的；反面的；反向的:
       to travel in the reverse direction
       向相反方向行进
       The winners were announced in reverse order (= the person in the lowest place was announced first).
       获胜者是按逆序宣布的。
       The experiment had the reverse effect to what was intended.
       实验的结果与原来的意图相反。
    BACK 后面
    2. opposite to the front
       背面的；反面的；后面的:
       Iron the garment on the reverse side.
       这件衣服要从反面熨。

    牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - reverse collapse

    reverse

    I. noun

    1. opposite

    • ADJECTIVE exact

    • VERB + REVERSE do If you tell children to do something, they will often do the exact ~.

    • PREPOSITION on the ~ (= on the opposite side) The coin has a date on one side and the emperor's head on the ~.

    2. gear

    • VERB + REVERSE put sth in, put sth into, throw sth into I put the car in ~.

    • REVERSE + NOUN gear

    3. failure/defeat

    • ADJECTIVE major, serious

    • VERB + REVERSE have, suffer Their forces have suffered serious ~s in recent months.

    II. verb

    1. change sth to the opposite

    • ADVERB dramatically | completely, exactly, totally The decline in this industry has now been completely ~d. | almost | partially | simply To solve the puzzle, simply ~ the order of the numbers. | quickly, rapidly | suddenly

    • VERB + REVERSE seek to, try to | fail to

    2. move back

    • ADVERB slowly She slowly ~d up the narrow driveway. | She slowly ~d the van up the narrow driveway. (BrE) | in, out

    • PREPOSITION into The car ~d into a hedge. | out of He ~d slowly out of the garage. | He ~d the car slowly out of the garage. (BrE)

    Reverse is used with these nouns as the object: car, conviction, course, decay, decision, decline, defeat, direction, effect, fortune, gain, judgement, motion, movement, policy, process, role, ruling, situation, slide, tide, trend, verdict

    III. adj.
    Reverse is used with these nouns: auction, direction, discrimination, engineering, gear, mortgage, order, side

    The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - reverse collapse

    reverse
     reverse (one's) field
     To turn and proceed in the opposite direction.

    牛津英语同义词学习词典 - reverse collapse

    reverse adj.
    ⇨ opposite    reverse verb
    ⇨ reverse (reverse a trend) ⇨ overturn (reverse a decision) ⇨ replace 2 (reverse roles with sb)     reverse

    verb

    reverse ♦︎ undoThese words both mean to change sth completely so that it is the opposite of what it was before. 这两个词均表示颠倒、撤销。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to reverse / undo the effect / damage / reforms / years of hard work, neglect, etc.◆to completely reverse / undo sth■ reverse [transitive] (rather formal, especially written) to change sth completely so that it is the opposite of what it was before 颠倒；使逆转；使完全相反◆The government has failed to reverse the economic decline.政府未能扭转经济滑坡的趋势。◆It is sometimes possible to arrest or reverse the disease.有时可以阻止病情发展或使病情彻底好转。ⓘ Reverse is most often used in texts relating to business and economics, especially when talking about changing the direction of a process or development; collocates include decline, trend, direction, process and situation. * reverse最常用于与商业和经济有关的文字中，尤指改变进程或发展的方向，搭配词有decline、trend、direction、process和situation。   see also reversal ⇨ revolution 2 ■ undo ʌnˈduː (undid, undone) [transitive] to cancel the good or bad effect of sth 消除，取消，废止（某事好的或不良影响）◆He undid most of the good work of the previous manager.他把前任经理的大部分功绩都毁掉了。◆It's not too late to try and undo some of the damage.想办法补救部分损失还为时不晚。◆Just select 'Edit' and 'Undo' to cancel the previous action.只要选择“编辑”和“复原”便可撤销前一个动作。ⓘ Undo is used equally often to talk about cancelling the effect of good and of bad things. * undo既指毁掉成果，也指消除恶果，两者同样常用◆to undo the damage / harm / errors对损害／伤害／错误进行补救◆to undo the good work / years of endeavour / reforms毁掉了功绩／多年的努力／改革

    新牛津英语同义词词典 - reverse collapse

    reverse

    verb
    1 the car reversed into a lamp post | he reversed the car into a ditch
    BACK , go back/backwards, drive back/backwards, move back/backwards, send back/backwards, back-pedal.
    -opposite(s): GO FORWARDS.

    2 shepherds in the Andes reverse their cigars in their mouths to prevent them blowing out in the wind
    PUT BACK TO FRONT , turn, turn round, bring (a ship) about.

    3 you can reverse the bottle in the ice bucket to cool the wine in the neck first
    TURN UPSIDE DOWN , turn over, upend, upturn, put bottom up, flip over, turn topsy-turvy, invert, capsize; archaic overset.

    4 when climbing on rough rock I reverse the jacket to protect the outer layer
    TURN INSIDE OUT; technical evert, introvert, evaginate, invaginate.

    5 it may be a good idea to reverse the roles
    SWAP , swap round, change, change round, exchange, interchange, switch, switch round, trade, transpose, invert, turn about/around.
    -opposite(s): KEEP TO.

    6 the crowd were clamouring for the umpire to reverse the decision
    ALTER , change;
    COUNTERMAND , undo, set aside, upset, overturn, overthrow, rule against, disallow, override, overrule, veto, repudiate, revoke, repeal, cancel, rescind, annul, nullify, declare null and void, void, invalidate, negate, abrogate, quash; withdraw, take back, recant, retract, back-pedal on, backtrack on, do an about-turn on, do a U-turn on; eat one's words; law vacate; archaic recall.
    -opposite(s): UPHOLD, STICK TO.

    adjective
    1 I would probably have a complete reverse opinion
    OPPOSITE , contrary, converse, counter, inverse, obverse, opposing, contrasting, antithetical.
    -opposite(s): SAME.

    2 here are the results in reverse order
    BACKWARD , backwards, reversed, inverted, transposed, turned round, rearward, from bottom to top.
    -opposite(s): FORWARDS.

    noun
    1 the reverse is the case
    OPPOSITE , contrary, converse, inverse, obverse, antithesis, opposite/other extreme, other possibility, alternative.

    2 a varied picture of successes and reverses
    SETBACK , reversal, upset, check, non-success, failure, misfortune, mishap, misadventure, accident, disaster, tragedy, catastrophe, blow, disappointment, adversity, hardship, affliction, vicissitude, defeat, rout; ill luck, bad luck, distress, tribulation, woe, hard times.
    -opposite(s): SUCCESS.

    3 the deadlines are listed on the reverse of this page
    OTHER SIDE , reverse side, back, rear, underside, wrong side, flip side, B-side, verso.
    -opposite(s): FRONT, TOP, OBVERSE, A-SIDE, RECTO.

    词源记忆 - reverse collapse

    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。