turn the tables

1. The only question is whether the President can use his extraordinary political skills to turn the tables on his opponents.
   唯一的问题是，总统能否运用他杰出的政治手腕化被动为主动，击败对手。
2. The girls took it in turn to wipe down the tables after meals
   女孩子们饭后轮流擦桌子。
3. Others turn the tables and train supervisors in languages most often spoken by workers in their industry.
   有些则反过来，让管理人员接受本行业中工人最常用语言的培训。
4. Now turn your attention to the implementation of the DB2 database objects ( such as, schema, tables, indexes, and stored procedures) and the application interface to these objects.
   现在来看看DB2数据库对象（比如模式、表、索引和存储过程）的实现以及这些对象的应用程序接口。
5. Of course, the nicknames in turn refer to the source tables.
   当然，昵称又引用源表。
6. In turn, the nicknames point to the tables at the data sources.
   而这些昵称又指向数据源中的表。
7. So experts are proposing to turn the tables on this hungry predator.
   所以，专家们提议对这种贪婪的食肉动物发动反攻。
8. The left-handed world champion and world number one, 28, lost the first game to a more sprightly opponent, but was able to turn the tables.
   现年28的世界冠军林丹是一位左手将，在输掉第一局比赛后，他成功地实现了逆转。
9. Well, now its your chance to turn the tables, picnic and otherwise, on these summertime pests.
   好吧，现在是你为这些夏季昆虫敞开餐桌的时候。
10. If such lofty notions about super-Pacs last until election day, these operatives say, the Republicans will be well positioned to turn the tables in November.
    竞选工作人员表示，如果针对超级PAC的这种傲慢看法一直持续到投票日，共和党就很有可能在11月的大选中翻盘。
11. Still Berlin has a chance to turn the tables and transform the Greek disaster into an instrument to push for much needed reforms of Europe, and hence a stronger eurozone.
    不过，柏林仍有机会扭转局面，把希腊灾难转化为一把利器，推动欧洲进行其所亟需的改革，从而让欧元区更强。
12. He used the accusation to turn the tables on his accusers: making himself a spokesman for the honest common man against the corrupt Washington establishment.
    他巧妙利用对方的指控猛轰对方：把自己包装成诚实普通人的代言人，对抗着华盛顿的体制内人士。
13. Stung badly by soaring sales of foreign-made smartphones and tablets, Japan's electronics makers are fighting back with a bevy of hi-tech tablets they hopes will turn the tables on the dominant Apple iPad.
    受到国外制造的智能手机和平板电脑销量一路飙升的严重刺激，日本的电子产品制造商们推出了一批高科技平板电脑，试图收复失地。他们希望借此扭转苹果（Apple）iPad一统天下的局面。
14. Turn the tables upon sb. and informal discussions to give the people from the different regions a chance to get to know each other and compare notes.
    （与某人）互换座次有非正式讨论，以便来自不同地区的人有机会相互认识并交换意见。
15. It is not rare to see Federer be completely out of the point, then suddenly turn the tables at whim and hit a winner.
    经常会发生这样的情况，你看着觉得这一分他已经彻底没戏了，突然他就反戈一击，一个致胜球让你目瞪口呆。
16. Hopefully we can turn the tables in the next race and fight for a win again.
    希望在下场比赛后我们能重新取得积分榜上的领先并再次获得胜利。
17. Don't worry. we'll turn the tables someday.
    别急，总有一天我们会扭转形势的。
18. Raynor will seldom plan things out in very much depth, but he has an excellent ability to improvise and turn the tables in a situation by using whatever he has at hand.
    雷诺并不会事先订立多么详细的计划，但是他的随机应变能力很强，而且经常能够利用一切条件然后翻盘。
19. Later you will be able to turn the tables to your favor, but what matters now is that you show determination, steadfastness, and resourcefulness.
    事后，会能够回到本身想做的事上，但现在是涌现决心、海誓山盟和老巨滑的时候。
20. Now, a debt-free oz might even be able to turn the tables to rebuild its portfolio.
    如今，一个没有债务负担的oz甚至也许能扭转局面，重新建立自己的资产组合。
21. They beat us badly at bridge last night, but tonight we hope to turn the tables on them.
    昨天打桥牌，他们赢了，今晚我们希望形势变过来。
22. Wait and see. I'll turn the tables some day.
    等着瞧，总有一天我会把形式扭转过来。
23. Often when Mr Chick seemed beaten, he would suddenly make a start, turn the tables, clatter them about the ears of Mrs Chick, and carry all before him.
    一般说来，很难打赌说，谁一定会赢。时常当奇克先生似乎已被打败了的时候，他会突然发动反攻，扭转局势，在奇克夫人的耳边耀武扬威，终于大获全胜。
24. I cannot wait to turn the tables and see what happens to him.
    我迫不及待想要扭转时局，看看他会有什么下场。
25. We would fail unless we could turn the tables this time.
    除非我们这回能扭转局势否则我们就失败了。
26. We still have a chance to turn the tables on them at the last minute.
    我们仍然有机会在最后关头扭转局势。
27. It's useless of grousing me in such a situation, let's do something to turn the tables.
    现在这个情形埋怨我也没用，我们一起来扭转局面吧。

verb

1. cause a complete reversal of the circumstances
   1. The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!

   Synonym:    turn the tide