| 单词 | reverse |
| 释义 | reverse reverse /; AmE / verb, noun, adjective
■ verb [+ obj]
1 to change sth to the opposite of what it was before: to reverse a procedure/process/trend The company is battling to reverse the decline in sales. Its shares fell 6.9% but later reversed course to trade up 2.6%
2 (Law ) to change a previous decision, law, etc. to the opposite of what it was: The Court of Appeal reversed the decision. to reverse a judgement SYN REVOKE
3 reverse the charges (BrE) to make a telephone call that will be paid for by the person you are calling, not by you: I want to reverse the charges, please. NOTE In American English, people make a collect call or call sb collect.
■ noun
1 [C] a change, especially a change from success to failure: Property values have suffered another reverse. This month's index shows a reverse of the steep decline in consumer confidence.
2 the reverse [sing.] the opposite of sth that has been mentioned: We seem to be consuming more, but in fact the reverse is true. Sales will not rise next year. Rather the reverse.
IDIOMS
go/shift into reverse; put/send sth into reverse to start to happen or to make sth happen in the opposite way: After the announcement, the shares went into reverse. This could send the company's profits into reverse.
■ adjective [only before noun]
opposite to what has been mentioned: The policy had the reverse effect to what was intended. She answered the questions in reverse order (= the last question first). |
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