| 单词 | turn |
| 释义 | turn turn /; AmE / verb, noun
■ verb
1 [+ obj or no obj] to change into a particular state; to make sth do this: The loss has been turned into a profit.
2 [no obj] to change and start going in a different direction: After a good start, the markets turned lower.
to turn higher/lower/negative/positive
IDIOMS
turn a (small, modest, $10 million, etc.) profit ( to make a profit in business: Four years after she took over, the company had turned a profit. turn sth on its head to make people think about sth in a completely different way; to change sth completely: The magazine's low cover price has turned the usual pricing process on its head. turn sth to your advantage to use or change a bad situation so that it helps you: The new manager aimed to turn the hotel's isolated position to its advantage. turn your back on sth to reject sth/sb that you were previously connected with: Investors are now turning their backs on Internet start-ups. ACTION, HOSTILE, SOUR PHRASAL VERBS turn around/round; turn sth around/round if a business, an economy, etc. turns around or sb turns it around, it starts being successful after it has failed to be successful for a time: The new management team turned the company around within 15 months. TURNAROUND (2) turn sth around/round to do a piece of work that you have been given and return it: They try to turn any repair around in 72 hours. TURNAROUND (1) turn down to become weaker or less active, make less money, etc. : Low interest rates encouraged consumers to keep spending as the world economy turned down. DOWNTURN, TURNDOWN turn sb/sth down to reject or refuse to consider an offer, a proposal, etc. or the person who makes it: Woodhouse turned down a recent offer to become president of the firm. The bank turned us down for a loan. turn in sth to achieve a particular performance, profit, etc: The group had turned in a 21% increase in profits. Our UK division turned in a strong performance. turn sb on (to sth) to make sb become interested in sth or to use sth for the first time: attempts to turn Internet users on to broadband turn sth out to produce sth/sb: The firm turns out 75 000 bicycles a year. See note at PRODUCE turn over sth to do business worth a particular amount of money in a particular period of time: We turn over £3.5 million a year. TURNOVER (1) turn sth over (Commerce ) (about a shop/store) to sell goods and replace them: A supermarket turns over its stock very quickly. TURNOVER (3) turn sth over to sb/sth to give the control of sth to sb else: He turned the business over to his daughter. ■ noun [C] INVENTORY TURN, OUT-TURN, STOCK TURN 1 a change in what is happening: Analysts are predicting a turn in the economy. a downward turn in the company's fortunes The telecoms company expects prices to rise, but declined to call a turn on the global telecoms industry. 2 (Finance ) the difference between the buying and selling price of shares or other financial products; the profit that is made: They were only interested in making a quick turn on the shares. TAKE verb |
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