酷兔词典首页

upturn

美音:[əp´tə:n ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[əp´tə:n ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.好转

难易程度:

upturn为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:upturned 过去分词:upturned 现在分词:upturning 第三人称单数:upturns

词根

up-=up,aloft

upturn


/'ʌptɜ:n; `ʌp,tɝn/
n ~ (in sth) upward trend in business, fortune, etc; improvement (生意、运气等)好转; 改进
*an upturn in the sales figures 销售额的增长
* Her luck seems to have taken an upturn/to be on the upturn. 她似乎时来运转了. Cf 参看 upswing.

upturn


n[C]
an increase in the level of something, especially in business activity
upturn in
 an upturn in the housing market
 an economic upturn