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*turn¹ /tɜn; tɜːn/
v
1 [I] to move your body so that you are looking in a different direction 转身，翻身:
Alison turned towards us. 艾莉森朝我们转过身来。
He turned to look behind him. 他转身向身后看。
2 [T] to move something round so that it is in a different position 转动〔某物〕:
She turned the key in the lock. 她转动锁里的钥匙。
3 [I,T] to go in a new direction when you are walking, driving etc 〔走路、驾驶等时〕（使）改变方向:
The car turned a corner. 那辆汽车弯过一个街角。
Turn right at the next stop light. 在下一个红绿灯向右转。
4 [I,T] if something such as a wheel turns or you turn it, it moves around （使）〔车轮等〕转动:
The wheels turned slowly. 车轮缓缓转动。
5 turn green/violent/hotter etc to become green, violent, hotter etc 变绿/变猛烈/变得更热等:
Helen turned bright red. 海伦的脸变得通红。
The weather will turn colder. 天气会变得更冷。
6 turn 30/midnight etc to reach a particular age or time 到 30 岁/午夜等:
She's just turned 40. 她刚满 40 岁。
7 [T] to move a page in a book or magazine so that you can see the next one 翻动〔书页〕
8 turn your back on to refuse to help or be connected with someone or something 对…掉头不顾，拒绝与…有关联:
She turned her back on all her old friends. 她和所有老朋友都没有来往。
9 turn your nose up at sth to refuse to accept something because you do not think it is good enough for you 瞧不起某物，对某物嗤之以鼻
10 turn over a new leaf to decide that you will change your behaviour to make it better 翻开新的一页; 改过自新; 重新做人:
I'm going to turn over a new leaf and start exercising. 我打算彻底改变，开始运动。
11 turn back the clock to try to do things the way they were done in the past 回到过去的老一套，试着按旧方法做事
12 turn a blind eye to pretend not to notice that someone is doing something illegal 对〔违法行为〕装作看不见
13 turn the tables (on sb) to change the situation completely so that you are in a much better position than your opponent 扭转局势（使之不利于某人），转弱为强，转败为胜:
The team managed to turn the tables in the second half of the game. 该队成功地在比赛的下半场转败为胜。
14 turn sb/sth loose to allow a person or animal to be free 释放某人/某动物
15 sb's thoughts turn to sth if your thoughts turn to something, you start to think about it 某人开始考虑某事
turn sb against sb/sthto make someone stop liking or agreeing with someone or something 使反对〔某人或某事物〕:
His experiences in Vietnam turned him against the war. 他在越南的经历使他不再赞成战争。
turn sth ↔ around
to make a company, business etc become successful again 使〔公司、生意等〕好转
turn sb ↔ away
to refuse to allow someone to go into a place, or refuse to help them 拒绝〔某人〕进入; 拒绝帮助〔某人〕
turn back
to go in the opposite direction, or tell someone to do this （使）掉转头，（使）折回:
They had to turn back because of the snow. 由于下雪，他们不得不掉头回来。
Journalists are being turned back at the border. 记者们在边境被挡了回来。
turn down
1 [turn sth ↔ down] to make a machine such as a television, OVEN etc produce less sound, heat etc 把〔电视机、烤箱等的音量、热度等〕关小，调低:
Can you turn down your radio? I'm trying to work. 你能把收音机的音量调低吗？ 我正在工作呢。
2 [turn sb/sth ↔ down] to refuse an offer, REQUEST, or invitation 拒绝〔提议、请求或邀请〕:
She got an offer of a job at Microsoft, but she turned it down. 她有一个去微软工作的机会，但她拒绝了。
turn in
1 [turn sth ↔ in] to give something to the police or some other person in authority, especially something you have found or a weapon 把〔拾获物或武器〕交给〔警方或当局〕:
Luckily someone had turned my purse in. 幸好有人交回了我的钱包。
2 [turn sb in] to tell the police where a criminal is 把〔罪犯〕的下落告诉警方
3 [I] informal to go to bed 【非正式】 上床睡觉:
I think I'll turn in. 我想我该去睡觉了。
4 [T turn sth in] especially AmE to give work that you have done to a teacher 【尤美】 交〔作业给老师〕:
Has everyone turned in last night's homework? 昨晚的家庭作业大家都交了吗？
turn into
1 [turn into sb/sth] to change and become a completely different type of person, substance, situation etc 变成〔完全不同类型的人、物质、情况等〕:
The argument turned into a fight. 争吵演变成了打斗。
2 [turn sb/sth into sb/sth] to make someone or something change and become completely different 使〔某人或某物〕变成:
They want to turn the country into some kind of police state. 他们想把该国变成某种极权国家。
turn off
1 [T turn sth ↔ off] to make a machine, light etc stop working or stop the supply of water, electricity etc 关掉〔机器、电灯等〕; 关掉〔水、电等〕的开关:
Turn off the television — it's dinner time. 关掉电视机 — 吃晚饭的时间到了。
2 [I,T turn off sth] to leave one road and drive onto another 转入另一条路; 驶离，转弯离开
turn on
1 [turn sth ↔ on] to make a machine, light etc start working, or make water, electricity etc start flowing 打开〔机器、电灯等〕; 打开〔水、电等〕的开关:
Could you turn on the TV? 你能打开电视机吗？
2 [turn on sb] to suddenly attack or criticize someone 突然袭击［指责］〔某人〕:
The dog turned on him and bit him. 那只狗突然向他扑来咬了他。
turn out
1 [I] to happen in a particular way, or have a particular result 有某种结果，结果（是）:
Joanna wished things had turned out differently. 乔安娜希望情况最终不是那样。
it turned out that (=used to say that something surprising happened) 原来，竟然〔用于表示发生［发现］了令人吃惊的事〕: It turned out that he was married to someone else! 原来他的妻子另有其人！
2 [T turn sth ↔ out] to make a light stop working by pressing a SWITCH 关上，关掉〔灯〕:
Don't forget to turn out the lights when you leave. 你离开时别忘了把灯关掉。
3 [I] if people turn out to see something, they go to see it 〔为看某物而〕去:
Only about 30 people turned out for the show. 只有三十人左右去看了表演。
4 [T turn sth ↔ out] to produce or make something 生产，制造〔某物〕:
Why do our high schools turn out students who can't read? 为什么我们的高中培养出的学生不会阅读？
turn over
1 [T turn sth ↔ over to sb] to bring a criminal to the police or another official organization 把〔罪犯〕交给〔警方或其他官方机构〕:
Benson was turned over to the FBI yesterday. 班森昨天被交给了联邦调查局。
2 [I,T] BrE to change to a different television CHANNEL 【英】 转换（电视频道）
3 [I turn sth over] if you turn something over in your mind, you think about it carefully 仔细考虑
4 [T turn sth ↔ over to sb] to give something to someone else, especially the right to own or be responsible for something 把〔某物，尤指所有权或责任〕移交〔某人〕:
The industry is being turned over to private ownership. 这种工业正在进行私有化转制。
turn to
1 [turn to sb/sth] to ask someone to help or advise you 求助于; 求教于:
He still turns to us for advice. 他仍然向我们求教。
2 [turn to sth] to go to a page in a book, magazine etc 翻到〔书、杂志等中的某页〕:
Turn to page 45 in your history book. 把你们的历史书翻到第 45 页。
3 turn to drugs/crime/drink etc to start doing something that you should not do, for example taking illegal drugs, taking part in criminal activities, or drinking too much alcohol 开始吸毒/犯罪/酗酒等:
There's very little work, and a lot of young people turn to crime. 工作少得可怜，许多年轻人开始犯罪。
turn up
1 [T turn sth ↔ up] to make a television, radio, HEATER etc produce more sound, heat etc 把〔电视机、收音机、取暖器等的音量、热度等〕开大; 调高:
Turn up the radio — I love this song. 把收音机的音量调高一点 — 我喜欢这首歌。
2 [I] if something turns up after you have been looking for it, you suddenly find it 〔寻找的东西〕突然出现，被找到:
We looked for the ring for weeks, and then it turned up in my pocket. 我们找这枚戒指找了几星期，后来它突然在我的口袋里出现了。
3 [I] to arrive 到达，来到:
Danny turned up late as usual. 丹尼像往常一样迟到了。
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