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形容词:revertible 名词:reverter 动词过去式:reverted 过去分词:reverted 现在分词:reverting 第三人称单数:reverts

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vrs,vert=to turn(转移;改变;转向)

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regress  return  reverse    

revert


/rɪ'vɜ:t; rɪ`vɝt/
v [Ipr]
1 ~ to sth
(a) return to (a former state or condition) 恢复(原状)
*fields that have reverted to moorland, ie are no longer cultivated 重又变成高沼池的田地(不再耕作的).
(b) (fml 文) return to (a former practice or habit) 恢复(原先的作法或习惯)
*revert to smoking when under stress 因受到压力又恢复了吸烟的习惯
* After her divorce she reverted to (using) her maiden name. 她离婚後又重新使用娘家的姓.
2 ~ to sth (fml 文) return to (a topic in talk or thought) 回到(原话题或思路)
*To revert/Reverting to your earlier question,... 谈到你原先提的那个问题, ...
* The conversation kept reverting to the subject of money. 谈话的内容总是离不开钱的事.
* Her thoughts often reverted to Italy. 她念念不忘意大利.
3 (~ to sb/sth) (law 律) (of property, rights, etc) return or pass to the original owner, the State, etc (指财产、权利等)复归或归属于(原主、国家等)
*If he dies without an heir, his property reverts to the state. 他死後若无继承人, 其财产则归国家所有.
4 (idm 习语) revert to type return to a natural or an original condition 回复到自然的或原先的状况
*Once a socialist, she has now reverted to type and votes Tory like her parents. 她一度信仰社会主义, 但现已归真反璞像她父母一样投票支持保守党了.

revert


v
revert to / [revert to sb/sth] phr v
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: revertir, from Latin revertere 'to turn back', from vertere 'to turn']
to change back to a situation that existed in the past
= go back to
 The city reverted to its former name of St Petersburg.
 After a few weeks, everything reverted to normal .
formal to return to an earlier subject of conversation
= go back to
 To revert to the question of exams, I'd like to explain further.
law if land or a building reverts to its former owner, it becomes their property again