turn 的用法

turn 的用法

1.turn away

To send away; dismiss:

把…打发走；解雇：

turned away the salesperson.

解雇了推销员

To repel:

驱逐：

The poor location of the condominium turned away many prospective buyers.

公寓房偏僻的位置赶跑了许多很有希望的买主To avert; deflect:

挡开；使转向：

turned away all criticism.

挡开了所有的批评

2/turn back

To reverse one's direction of motion:

折回，往回走：掉转某人的运动方向：stopped on the road and had to turn back.

在公路上停了下来，只好往回走

To drive back and away:

使折回，赶回去：

turned back the uninvited comers.

把不速之客赶了回去

To halt the advance of:

使停止前进，挡住：

managed to turn back the advancing army.

设法挡住了向前推进的军队

To fold down:

翻起，折转：

Turn back the corner of the page to save your place in the book.

在书角上折一下来作读到哪里的记号

3、turn down

To diminish the speed, volume, intensity, or flow of:

降低，减弱：调低速度、音量、强度或流量：Turn down the radio, please.

请把收音机的音量调低

To reject or refuse, as a person, advice, or a suggestion:

拒绝：拒绝某人、建议或忠告：

We politely turned down the invitation.

我们有礼貌地拒绝了邀请

To fold or be capable of folding down:

翻下：折转或能够被翻下：

turn a collar down; a collar that turns down. 翻下衣领；能翻下的衣领

4、turn in

To hand in; give over:

交还；上交：

turned in the final exam.

上交期末考试试卷

To inform on or deliver:

检举，陈述：

The criminal turned herself in.

罪犯自首了

To produce:

完成：

turns in a consistent performance every day.

每天的表现都很一致

Informal To go to bed:

【非正式用语】上床睡觉：

I turned in early last night.

我昨晚很早就上床睡觉了

5、turn off

To stop the operation, activity, or flow of; shut off: 关闭，停止：终止运转、行为或流动；关掉：turned off the television.

关掉电视

Slang

【俚语】

To affect with dislike, displeasure, or revulsion:

讨厌，厌恶：使不喜欢，讨厌或厌恶：

That song really turns me off.

我一点也不喜欢那首歌

To affect with boredom:

使厌烦：

The play turned the audience off.

这出戏让观众很倒味

To lose or cause to lose interest; withdraw:

失去或使失去兴趣；撤回：

turning off to materialism.

沦为实利主义

To cease paying attention to:

不注意：

Unable to leave my seat, I turned off the boring speaker and thought about vacation.

不能离开我的座位，我对那个令人厌烦的讲演者置之不理，开始考虑假期

To divert; deflect.

分散；转移

Chiefly British To dismiss (an employee).

【多用于英国】解雇（员工）

6、turn on

To cause to begin the operation, activity, or flow of:

打开，开启：使开始运作、活动或流动：

Turn on the light bulb.

打开电灯

To begin to display, employ, or exude:

开始展示，显露出，流露出：

turn on the charm.

显露出魅力

Slang

【俚语】

To take or cause to take a mind-altering drug, especially for the first time.

开始或使开始吸毒，尤指第一次

To be or cause to become interested, pleasurably excited, or stimulated. Often used withto :

使兴奋，使刺激：产生或使产生兴趣、兴奋或刺激。通常与to 连用：

My uncle turned me on to jazz. She turned on to surfing this summer.

我叔叔使我对爵士乐发生了兴趣。这个夏季她对滑水发生了兴趣

To excite or become excited sexually.

（使）激发性欲

7、turn out