reversals

英 [rɪˈvɜːsəlz]

美 [rɪˈvɜrsəlz]

n.  颠倒; 彻底转变; 反转; 倒置; 倒退; 逆转; 退步; 转胜为败; (位置或功能的)转换，交换
reversal的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （过程、政策或趋势的）反转，倒转，逆转
  Areversal ofa process, policy, or trend is a complete change in it.
  1. The Financial Times says the move represents a complete reversal of previous US policy...
     《金融时报》说此举一反美国以往的政策。
  2. This marked a 7% increase on the previous year and the reversal of a steady five-year downward trend.
     这标志着在前一年基础上有了7％的增长，扭转了5年来持续下降的趋势。
• N-COUNT （角色的）交换，互换
  When there is a rolereversalor areversal ofroles, two people or groups exchange their positions or functions.
  1. When children end up taking care of their parents, it is a strange role reversal indeed.
     当孩子们最终要照顾父母时，这的确是一种奇妙的角色互换。
• N-COUNT (通常涉及金钱损失的)失败，逆境，挫折
  Areversalis a failure, usually involving the loss of money.
  1. They teach managers to accept reversals as a fact of business life.
     他们教给管理人员要将挫折视为生意上的平常事。

双语例句

• Chinese gaming is far from a sure thing and there have been severe policy reversals before.
  中国博彩业的前景充满了不确定性，而且曾出现过严重政策逆转。
• Many analysts see reversals like the one Wednesday as a welcome respite.
  许多分析师认为，要扭转一个星期三是一个受欢迎的喘息。
• And there may be significant contagion from Iceland to countries vulnerable to capital flow reversals.
  而且危机可能从冰岛向易受资金流逆转影响国家的大规模蔓延。
• Our research may also eventually learn more about the causes of changes and reversals of Earth's magnetic field.
  我们的研究也会最终了解更多的有关地球磁场变化和倒转的知识。
• "Several countries in Southern Africa have suffered catastrophic reversals: 20 years in Botswana, 16 in Swaziland and13 in Lesotho and Zambia," the report said.
  报告说：“南部非洲的几个国家已经遭受了灾难性的逆转：博茨瓦纳预期寿命减少了20岁，斯威士兰减少了16岁，莱索托和赞比亚是13岁”。
• Although magnetic reversals have occurred many times in the geologic past, it is not yet possible to predict when the next reversal will occur.
  尽管在过去地质时期地磁场发生了多次倒转，但要预测下次倒转将在何时发生也还是不可能的。
• We know the macroeconomic effects of these reversals are not good, but the scope and exact types of influence remain murky.
  我们知道这些逆转产生的宏观经济效应是不利的，但影响的范围和确切类型仍模糊不清。
• Service in systems involving rapid and frequent flow reversals, pulsation or excessively turbulent flow should be avoided.
  应该避免应用在高流速，频繁倒流，间断或剧烈湍流的应用系统中。
• What is more, the rampant growth of such patches has caused full-blown reversals in some computer simulations.
  此外，一些电脑模拟的结果也指出，这样的区块若是继续成长蔓延，就会使地磁彻底的反转。
• The reformation process has not been without its reversals and problems.
  这一改革进程并非毫无挫折和问题。