把…打發走;解雇:
turned away the salesperson.
解雇了推銷員
To repel:
驅逐:
The poor location of the condominium turned away many prospective buyers.
公寓房偏僻的位置趕跑了許多很有希望的買主
To avert; deflect:
擋開;使轉向:
turned away all criticism.
擋開了所有的批評
turn back
To reverse one's direction of motion:
折回,往回走:掉轉某人的運動方向:
stopped on the road and had to turn back.
在公路上停了下來,只好往回走
To drive back and away:
使折回,趕回去:
turned back the uninvited comers.
把不速之客趕了回去
To halt the advance of:
使停止前進,擋住:
managed to turn back the advancing army.
設法擋住了向前推進的軍隊
To fold down:
翻起,折轉:
Turn back the corner of the page to save your place in the book.
在書角上折壹下來作讀到哪裏的記號
turn down
To diminish the speed, volume, intensity, or flow of:
降低,減弱:調低速度、音量、強度或流量:
Turn down the radio, please.
請把收音機的音量調低
To reject or refuse, as a person, advice, or a suggestion:
拒絕:拒絕某人、建議或忠告:
We politely turned down the invitation.
我們有禮貌地拒絕了邀請
To fold or be capable of folding down:
翻下:折轉或能夠被翻下:
turn a collar down; a collar that turns down.
翻下衣領;能翻下的衣領
turn in
To hand in; give over:
交還;上交:
turned in the final exam.
上交期末考試試卷
To inform on or deliver:
檢舉,陳述:
The criminal turned herself in.
罪犯自首了
To produce:
完成:
turns in a consistent performance every day.
每天的表現都很壹致
Informal To go to bed:
上床睡覺:
I turned in early last night.
我昨晚很早就上床睡覺了
turn off
To stop the operation, activity, or flow of; shut off:
關閉,停止:終止運轉、行為或流動;關掉:
turned off the television.
關掉電視
Slang
To affect with dislike, displeasure, or revulsion:
討厭,厭惡:使不喜歡,討厭或厭惡:
That song really turns me off.
我壹點也不喜歡那首歌
To affect with boredom:
使厭煩:
The play turned the audience off.
這出戲讓觀眾很倒味
To lose or cause to lose interest; withdraw:
失去或使失去興趣;撤回:
turning off to materialism.
淪為實利主義
To cease paying attention to:
不註意:
Unable to leave my seat, I turned off the boring speaker and thought about vacation.
不能離開我的座位,我對那個令人厭煩的講演者置之不理,開始考慮假期
To divert; deflect.
分散;轉移
Chiefly British To dismiss (an employee).
解雇(員工)
turn on
To cause to begin the operation, activity, or flow of:
打開,開啟:使開始運作、活動或流動:
Turn on the light bulb.
打開電燈
To begin to display, employ, or exude:
開始展示,顯露出,流露出:
turn on the charm.
顯露出魅力
Slang
To take or cause to take a mind-altering drug, especially for the first time.
開始或使開始吸毒,尤指第壹次
To be or cause to become interested, pleasurably excited, or stimulated. Often used withto :
使興奮,使刺激:產生或使產生興趣、興奮或刺激。通常與to 連用:
My uncle turned me on to jazz. She turned on to surfing this summer.
我叔叔使我對爵士樂發生了興趣。這個夏季她對滑水發生了興趣
To excite or become excited sexually.
(使)激發性欲
turn out
To shut off:
關上,關掉:
turned out the lights.
關掉了燈
To arrive or assemble, as for a public event or entertainment:
聚集,召集:聚集或召集,如參加公眾活動或娛樂:
A large group of protesters have turned out.
壹大群抗議者聚集到了壹起
To produce, as by a manufacturing process; make:
生產:產出,如通過制作過程;制造:
an assembly line turning out cars.
生產小汽車的流水線
To be found to be, as after experience or trial:
證實:發覺是,如經歷或試驗之後:
The rookie turned out to be the best hitter on the team.
新手證明是隊裏最出色的擊球員
To end up; result:
結果;結果:
The cake turned out beautifully.
蛋糕最後做出來很漂亮
To equip; outfit:
裝備;配置:
troops that were turned out beautifully.
裝備精良的隊伍
Informal To get out of bed.
起床
To evict; expel:
趕出;使搬走:
The tenants were turned out.
房客都被趕走了
turn over
To bring the bottom to the top or vice versa; invert.
翻轉,翻過來:把底翻到上面或相反面;翻轉
To shift the position of, as by rolling from one side to the other.
翻滾:改變位置,似乎通過從壹邊到另壹邊滾動
To shift one's position by rolling from one side to the other.
翻身:從壹邊滾向另壹邊改變位置
To rotate; cycle:
旋轉;轉動:
The engine turned over but wouldn't start.
發動機轉了壹圈,但是沒有起動
To think about; consider:
考慮;思考:
She turned over the problem in her mind.
她仔細考慮了這個問題
To transfer to another; surrender:
移交;交出:
turned over the illegal funds.
交出了非法資金
To do business to the extent or amount of:
營業額達:
turn over a million dollars a year.
壹年的營業額是壹百萬美元
To seem to lurch or heave convulsively:
翻動:似乎在痙攣性地抽動:
My stomach turned over.
我的胃在翻動
turn to
To begin work:
開始工作:
If you quit dawdling and just turn to, the cleaning will be done in a day.
如果妳停止閑逛,馬上開始工作,清潔工作壹天就能做完
turn up
To increase the speed, volume, intensity, or flow of:
開大,調高:增加速度、音量,強度或流量:
turn up the public-address system.
調高播音系統的音量
To find:
發現,找到:
She turned up the missing papers under her blotter.
她在記事本下找到了丟失的文件
To be found:
找到:
The papers will turn up sooner or later.
文件遲早會找到的
To make an appearance; arrive:
出現;到達:
Several old friends turned up at the reunion.
好幾個老朋友出現在聚會上
To fold or be capable of folding up:
折疊:折疊或能夠被折疊:
turning up his cuffs; cuffs that will turn up.
卷起自己的袖口;卷起來的袖口
To happen unexpectedly:
意外地發生:
Something turned up and I was unable to go.
發生了壹點意外,我不能離開
To be evident:
變得明顯:
Her name constantly turns up in art circles.
她的名字經常出現在藝術圈裏