记忆方法
1、re- "back" + vert-.
2、字面含义：turn back, return.
3、该词的构造及其含义可以说与return是异曲同工。
2、字面含义：turn back, return.
3、该词的构造及其含义可以说与return是异曲同工。
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词族 · revert
中文词源
revert 回转，回复，恢复
re-,向后，往回，-vert,转，词源同 pervert,perverse.
英语词源
- revert (v.)
- c. 1300, "to come to oneself again," from Old French revertir "return, change back," from Vulgar Latin *revertire, variant of Latin revertere "turn back, turn about; come back, return," from re- "back" (see re-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Of position or property from mid-15c.; application to customs and ideas is from 1610s.
权威例句
- 1. Garden plants sometimes revert to type.
- 园艺植物有时会恢复其原来的野生形态.
- 2. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness.
- 返回岸上后，救生衣就会瘪掉，恢复成背带状。
- 3. They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.
- 他们将回归到用老方法耕地。
- 4. Must he revert to Ellen always?
- 难道他非提到母亲不行?
- 5. Peasants were allowed to adhere or revert to individual farming in Poland.
- 波兰允许农民坚持或倒退到个体农业.
词语辨析
【invert, transform, revert, convert】
这组词都有“转变”的意思，其区别是：
invert: v.使颠倒，使倒转，使反向。常常表示位置、顺序、方向等的颠倒。
• The baby inverted the cup and spilled her orange juice. 婴儿把杯子打翻，弄洒了里面的橙汁。
transform: v.改变，转变，指形状、颜色、大小、性质等的改变。
• A little paint will soon transform the old house. 刷一点油漆很快就会使这所旧房子大为改观。
revert: v.归还，恢复原状。指回到原来的状态或情形。
• John gave his brother a house, and when his brother died, ownership reverted back to John. 约翰送给他的哥哥一所房子，当他的哥哥去世后，房子的所有权重新归于约翰。
convert: v.转变，变换，含有"使某人改变观点"的意思。
• He wants to convert to Catholicism. 他要皈依天主教。
这组词都有“转变”的意思，其区别是：
invert: v.使颠倒，使倒转，使反向。常常表示位置、顺序、方向等的颠倒。
• The baby inverted the cup and spilled her orange juice. 婴儿把杯子打翻，弄洒了里面的橙汁。
transform: v.改变，转变，指形状、颜色、大小、性质等的改变。
• A little paint will soon transform the old house. 刷一点油漆很快就会使这所旧房子大为改观。
revert: v.归还，恢复原状。指回到原来的状态或情形。
• John gave his brother a house, and when his brother died, ownership reverted back to John. 约翰送给他的哥哥一所房子，当他的哥哥去世后，房子的所有权重新归于约翰。
convert: v.转变，变换，含有"使某人改变观点"的意思。
• He wants to convert to Catholicism. 他要皈依天主教。