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单词 turn to sb/sth
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turn to sb/sth

phrasal verb with turn uk/tɜːn/us/tɝːn/verb

B2 to ask a person or organization for help or support:

Without someone to turn to for advice, making the most appropriate choice can be difficult.
Her family lived a long way away, and she had no one to turn to.

More examples

  • I have always been able to turn to my parents when I've had a problem.
  • He felt he had no-one to turn to.
  • He turned to his friend for financial support.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Trusting and not trusting

  • (you can) depend on/upon it idiom
  • accept/take sth on faith idiom
  • bank
  • bank on sb/sth
  • believe
  • believe in sb
  • count
  • distrust
  • faith
  • have faith! idiom
  • I wouldn't trust sb as far as I could throw them idiom
  • keep faith with sth/sb idiom
  • lean
  • put/place your faith in sth/sb idiom
  • reliance
  • rely on/upon sb/sth
  • repose
  • repose trust/confidence/hope in sb/sth idiom
  • trust
  • turn

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turn to sb/sth

phrasal verb with turn uk/tɜːn/usverb [ I or T ]

to go to someone or something to get help with a difficult situation:

Investors turned to the bond markets to try and increase their returns.
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