turn-around
['tə:n,əraund]
- turn-around (n.)
- also turnaround, 1936, from verbal phrase turn around "reverse," 1880, American English, from turn (v.) + around (adv.).
- 1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
- 我们活着是为了什么?不就是给邻居当笑柄,再反过来笑他们。
来自《傲慢与偏见》
- 2. He said they should turn their fire on the Conservative Party instead.
- 他说他们应该掉转枪口,向保守党开火。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Today I might hesitate to turn in a burglar.
- 现在让我把入室窃贼送交警方,我可能会有所顾虑。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to.
- 有时事情并不像我们认为的那样发展。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The river widens considerably as it begins to turn east.
- 河流转向东流时河道大幅度变宽。
来自柯林斯例句