| 单词 | reversal |
| 释义 | reversal (rɪvɜːʳsəl ) Word forms: reversals 1. countable noun A reversal of a process, policy, or trend is a complete change in it. The Financial Times says the move represents a complete reversal of previous U.S. policy. [+ of] This marked a 7% increase and the reversal of a steady five-year downward trend. Synonyms: turnaround, U-turn, backtracking, turnabout 2. countable noun [noun NOUN] When there is a role reversal or a reversal of roles, two people or groups exchange their positions or functions. When children end up taking care of their parents, it is a strange role reversal indeed. 3. countable noun [usually plural] A reversal is a failure, usually involving the loss of money. [formal] They teach managers to accept reversals as a fact of business life. Synonyms: failure, failing, loss, defeat Collocations: policy reversal The move would signal an important policy reversal. Times, Sunday Times It's yet another policy reversal - and one that yet again seems to have been made on an impulse, on the hoof. The Sun Only a complete policy reversal and a sustained period of restricting monetary growth with high interest rates could return the economy to stable prices and strong growth. Times,Sunday Times The move marks a major policy reversal. Times,Sunday Times A policy reversal on universal credit would mean 250,000 fewer people in work, the government has claimed. Times, Sunday Times Fuel was the driving force behind today's latest sharp reversal of inflationary pressure, recording its sharpest monthly price decline for at least a decade. Times, Sunday Times In the past 12 months there has been a sharp reversal of the 30-year trend of steadily declining global food prices. Times, Sunday Times This process could trigger a sharp reversal in flows of capital to emerging countries, as investors stage the biggest retreat from their debt markets in two years over recent weeks. Times, Sunday Times But the stabilisation in unemployment in the past two years has already taken place against a background of a sharp reversal in public sector employment trends. Times, Sunday Times The end of cheap home loans and the tide of worrying economic news has caused a sharp reversal of sentiment in a capital that felt immune from such concerns. Times, Sunday Times This was a stunning reversal from earlier claims about engine failure. Times,Sunday Times It was a stunning reversal of fortune. Times, Sunday Times This was no less than a stunning reversal of the historically poor ratings performances of documentary programs on network television. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The result was a stunning reversal from the original primary vote. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This stunning reversal had a major impact on the match. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Five years later there was a sudden reversal of fortune and a corporate battle of great bitterness. Times, Sunday Times Executives have now broken their silence over the apparent sudden reversal. Times, Sunday Times A sudden reversal caused by rising inflation expectations or a fresh sovereign default panic could lead to contagion and heavy losses, it said. Times, Sunday Times Its original 'traffic' flow was east-west, although history subsequently saw a sudden reversal. Times, Sunday Times In a sudden reversal of fortunes they were driven out of the city centre, which they had held for a month, by a fierce rebel onslaught. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 彻底改变 Japanese: 大転換 |
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