re·verse

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【释义】：

vt．❶ 颠倒，使成正相反的东西：reverse the facts颠倒事实．reverse the order颠倒次序．reverse right and wrong颠倒是非．reverse the relationship between the enemy，ourselves and our friends颠倒敌我友．reverse a critical situation挽回危局．❷ 使向相反方向行进，使倒退：reverse an engine开倒车． Reactionaries always try to reverse the wheel of history：反动派总是企图扭转历史的车轮．❸ 撤销，取消：reverse the decision of a lower court撤销初级法院的判决．

－vi．向相反方向前进，倒退．

－n．❶ 颠倒，相反：quite the reverse 正相反． Your remarks were the reverse of polite．你的话很不礼貌．❷ 反面，背面：the reverse of a coin硬币的背面．take in reverse 从背面攻击．The contradiction is changing into its reverse．矛盾正在向其反面转化．❸ 倒霉，失败：suffer a reverse 遭到失败．❹ 换向(装置)：an automatic reverse 自动换向装置

－a．(位置、方向、次序、性质等)相反的，颠倒的：the reverse direction相反的方向．in the reverse order次序相反．the reverse side of things事物的反面．