revert

英 [rɪ'vɜːt] 美 [rɪ'vɝt]
  • vi. 回复;重提;返祖遗传;归还
  • vt. 使回复原状
  • n. 恢复原状者
  • n. (Revert)人名;(西)雷韦特;(法)勒韦尔

助记提示


1、re- "back" + vert-.
2、字面含义:turn back, return.
3、该词的构造及其含义可以说与return是异曲同工。

中文词源


revert 回转,回复,恢复

re-,向后,往回,-vert,转,词源同 pervert,perverse.

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. Garden plants sometimes revert to type.
园艺植物有时会恢复其原来的野生形态.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness.
返回岸上后,救生衣就会瘪掉,恢复成背带状。

来自柯林斯例句

3. They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.
他们将回归到用老方法耕地。

来自辞典例句

4. Must he revert to Ellen always?
难道他非提到母亲不行?

来自飘(部分)

5. Peasants were allowed to adhere or revert to individual farming in Poland.
波兰允许农民坚持或倒退到个体农业.

来自辞典例句

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