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turn up

v.找到,发现,出现,折起,拐入,卷起,使仰卧,突然发生

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(a) (commerce 商) (of shares, the stock-market, etc) rise; increase; improve (指股票、股市等)上扬, 反弹, 升值
*Investment is turning up sharply. 投资额急遽增长.
(b) make one's appearance; arrive 露面; 来到
*We arranged to meet at the cinema at 7.30, but he failed to turn up. 我们约定7点30分在电影院见面, 但他没来.
* We invited her to dinner but she didn't even bother to turn up. 我们请她吃饭她都不露面.
(c) be found (esp by chance) after being lost (失去後)被发现或找到(尤指偶然地)
*I'm sure your watch will turn up one of these days. 我担保你的手表准有一天能找到.
(d) (of an opportunity) present itself; happen (指机会)出现, 到来
*He's still hoping something (eg a job or a piece of good luck) will turn up. 他仍在期待机会出现(如得到工作或好运). turn sth up
(a) cause sth to face or point upwards 使某物面朝上或指向上方
*He turned up his coat collar against the chill wind. 他竖起大衣领抵御寒风.
(b) shorten (a garment) by folding it up at the bottom 摺起衣边改短(衣服)
*These trousers are too long; they'll need turning up/to be turned up. 这条裤子太长, 需要改短些.
(c) discover sth by digging; expose sth 挖掘而发现某物; 暴露出某物
*The farmer turned up a human skull while ploughing the field. 那农民 地时挖出一个人类的头颅骨.
* The soil had been turned up by the plough. 那片地是用 翻的.
(d) increase the loudness of (a radio, television, etc) 开大(收音机、电视机等)的音量
*I can't hear the radio very well; could you turn it up a bit? 收音机我听不太清楚, 你把声音开大点行吗?
1. But scientists are working hard to turn them into realities.
    但是, 科学家们正在努力工作, 以便把想法变成现实.

2. Before I reach the door, I think I hear a voice say, money. Before I open the door I hear a voice and turn to see the man with a gun.
    我同样也很生气,因为那是一个我从未见过、也从未伤害过的人在用枪指着我。

3. 'We kind of like that spirit. We don't like it with the negative attitudes. We want to turn that spirit positive.'"
    '我们有几分喜欢这种活力,但并不喜欢它消极的一面,而是要将它转化成积极的一面。'"

4. For it produces a resentful animal who at a later stage may well turn man-killer.
    因为这种方法训练会使动物反感,在以后某个时期可能会变成伤人的动物。

5. When our part begins to turn towards the sun and we see the first sunlight, we call it morning.
    当我们这半球开始转向太阳时,我们看到朝阳,这就是早晨。

6. When we begin to turn away from the sun, we have afternoon and evening and night.
    我们开始转离它时,就是下午。随后是黄昏和夜晚。

7. Whenever someone learns that I'm taking care of Sam, they turn on me — telling me not to bounce him too much or he'll throw up, demanding that I give him another bottle of milk.
    每当有人知道我是照看山姆的,她们就冲着我来了——要么告诉我不要让山姆跳得太多,否则他会呕吐,要么叫我再给他喂一瓶牛奶,等等。

8. When a fare does turn out to be more than you expected, think about your options.
    车费真要是比你以为的多,你就得考虑该做何选择了。

9. Turn right at the next junction.
    到下一个路口向右拐弯。

10. Turn to page two.
    请翻到第二页.

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