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词汇 revolve
释义 revolve
verb[ I or T ]
uk /rɪˈvɒlv/ us /rɪˈvɑːlv/
to move or cause something to move around a central point or line: (使)旋转;(使)转动;(使)环绕,围绕
The earth revolves around the sun.地球围绕太阳转。
The gun turret revolved until the gun was aimed at the advancing soldiers.炮塔旋转着,最后炮口瞄准了正在前进的士兵。
Synonym
orbit
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spinverb(TURN)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Revolving, rotating and spinning
around
around and aroundidiom
backspin
birl
centrifugal
reel
rotary
rotate
rotation
rotational
rotative
spin
spiral
swim
swing
swizzle
twirl
twirling
twirly
underspin

Phrasal verb


revolve around someone/something

revolve | American Dictionary


revolve
verb[ I/T ]
us/rɪˈvɑlv, -ˈvɔlv/
to move in a circle or a curve around a central point, or to cause something to do this:
[ T ]The plane revolved 162 degrees onto its back.
[ I ]The earth revolves around the sun, roughly in a circle.
[ I ]fig. His life revolves around (= He is only interested in) football.

Examples of revolve


revolve
The concerns revolve around their audiences' appraisal of the amenities and proximity of the theatre.
A final criticism revolves around the savings of the unemployed and whether they continue to purchase equities during periods of unemployment.
For example, for someone whose life revolves around grandchildren, the role of grandparent can be conserved despite severe physical disabilities.
Their discussion revolved from the start around the causes of and the responsibilities for delinquency and the way it is dealt with.
The debate revolved around the party's programme for the upcoming general elections.
Compared to preschool conversations, family mealtime conversations less frequently revolved around turn negotiations, maybe due to the much lower number of participants in family interaction.
Music analysis often revolves around two activities - the identification of musically significant units or 'segments', and the study of relationships among segments.
The revolving door between nursing homes and acute care means that such increase inevitably reaches high risk hospitalized patients.
This concept is goalbased, revolves around a clear goal-action-outcome organization, and provides a coherent organization of episodic sequences.
Such a concord revolved around the extent of a landlord's legitimate political influence, depending on the tenants' willingness to accept his or her political guidance.
A second major interface issue revolves around incremental versus non-incremental processing.
The further stages of the emergence of the ethical similarly revolve around the 'postulate of freedom'.
Furthermore, in one way or another, all domestic economic activity in turn revolved around it.
Presidential elections have revolved around three leading candidates in the period 1988-97.
One final and important issue for interpreting the likely impact of our work on actual savings revolves around whether workers are liquidity constrained.
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