turn around

1. → see: turn 1
2. PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)调转方向;(使)转向
   If you turn something around, or if it turns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction.
   1. Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond...
      巴德把卡车掉头，开始返回多尔顿池。
   2. He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show...
      他伸手把香槟转了一下，这样它的商标就不会露出来。
   3. There was enough room for a wheelchair to get in but not to turn round.
      空间足够让轮椅进来，但没法掉头。
3. PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)复苏;(使)好转
   If something such as a business or economy turns around, or if someone turns it around, it becomes successful, after being unsuccessful for a period of time.
   1. Turning the company around won't be easy...
      盘活那家公司绝非易事。
   2. In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions...
      霍顿在英国石油公司漫长的职业生涯中曾经让两个部门整体上起死回生。
   3. If the economy turned round the Prime Minister's authority would quickly increase.
      如果经济复苏了，首相的威信会迅速提高。
4. PHRASAL VERB （尤指为指责别人或捍卫自己）话锋突转
   If you say that someone turns around and says something, you are indicating that they say it unexpectedly or angrily, especially in order to criticize another person or to defend themselves.
   1. I feel that if I say how tired I get, David will turn around and say, 'I told you so'.
      我感觉如果我说自己有多累，戴维就会指责我说，“我早就告诉过你了。”
5. PHRASAL VERB 改变(问题、句子或想法的)表达方式
   If you turn around a question, sentence, or idea, you change the way in which it is expressed, in order to consider it differently.
   1. Now turn the question around and start looking not for what you did wrong in the past, but for what you can do to make things better in the future...
      现在换个角度考虑问题，开始不要去想你过去做错了什么，而考虑一下怎样才能日后做得更好。
   2. It's an example of how you can turn around the sentence and create a whole new meaning.
      那个例子告诉你如何改变一个句子使其表达出完全不一样的意思。
6. See also: turnaround

1. Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond
   巴德把卡车掉头，开始返回多尔顿池。
2. He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show
   他伸手把香槟转了一下，这样它的商标就不会露出来。
3. There was enough room for a wheelchair to get in but not to turn round.
   空间足够让轮椅进来，但没法掉头。
4. Turning the company around won't be easy
   盘活那家公司绝非易事。
5. In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions
   霍顿在英国石油公司漫长的职业生涯中曾经让两个部门整体上起死回生。
6. I feel that if I say how tired I get, David will turn around and say, 'I told you so'.
   我感觉如果我说自己有多累，戴维就会指责我说，“我早就告诉过你了。”
7. Now turn the question around and start looking not for what you did wrong in the past, but for what you can do to make things better in the future
   现在换个角度考虑问题，开始不要去想你过去做错了什么，而考虑一下怎样才能日后做得更好。
8. It's an example of how you can turn around the sentence and create a whole new meaning.
   那个例子告诉你如何改变一个句子使其表达出完全不一样的意思。
9. Sit still and don't turn around.
   坐着别动，不要转过身来。
10. You can turn around and walk out.
    但你可以做出另外的选择，你可以转身走出去。
11. If you are a good listener, chances are the person will turn around and ask you questions.
    如果你是一个好的倾听者，大家围着你的机会就来了会问很多问题。
12. Most people would turn around for their phone, keys, or wallet.
    大多数人会转身回家拿手机、钥匙和钱包。
13. You just turn around and take it back.
    你只是过去拿了过来。
14. I wish I could just make you turn around.
    我希望我能让你回头。
15. Can you turn around and touch the ground?
    你可会扭转身体接触地面？
16. I had to turn around to go home lackadaisical.
    我只好无精打采的转身回家。
17. I want you all to turn around-!
    我要你们所有都转过身去-！
18. But I suggest you all turn around unless you are looking for a world on hurt.
    但是我建议你们全部都转身，除非你十分痛心在寻找世界。
19. When we got to the border, the guards made us turn around and go back.
    我们到达边界时，卫兵让我们转身回去。
20. I had her cornered. I told her to turn around.
    我在墙角处逮到了她，我让她转身，她不从。
21. Turn around or I'll shoot!
    转过去否则我开枪了！
22. Turn around, I see my shadow, I stopped a long time.
    转身之际，我却见到了我的身影，我停下脚步很久很久。
23. Turn around, you may look this way.
    转过身来，你可以向这边看。
24. If you turn around please to pull my hand.
    若你转身请牵我的手。
25. Turn around please, I'll wash you back.
    请转过去，我要给你洗后背了。
26. So turn around and I'll pick up the slack!
    所以暮然回首我拾起了这些松懈！
27. It's nothing I can't turn around.
    我就什么也不能挽回了。
28. You can't turn around here. I think you should let me drive.
    你不能在这里掉头，我觉得你应该让我来开车。
29. You didn't tell mewhat made you turn around.
    你没告诉我是什么让你回头了。
30. You can turn around now.
    你现在可以转过身来了。

noun

1. turning in an opposite direction or position
   1. the reversal of the image in the lens

   Synonym:    reversal

verb

1. improve significantly
   1. Her performance in school picked up

   Synonym:    pick up

2. improve dramatically
   1. The new strategy turned around sales
   2. The tutor turned around my son's performance in math

3. turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically
   1. He turned around to face his opponent
   2. My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake

   Synonym:    swing aroundswing about