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词汇 turn-around
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turn around


phrasal verb with turnverbuk /tɜːn/ us /tɝːn/
(UK alsoturn round)

(CHANGE DIRECTION)


to move so that you face in the opposite direction:
As the bus left, she turned around and waved goodbye to us.
I was afraid that if she turned round she would see me.
She briefly considered turning around and going straight back home.
He heard the door open behind him and turned round to see who was there.
We were packed together so tightly that I was barely able to turn around.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Changing direction
about-face
about-turn
bear
branch off
break
cut
decoy
divert someone/something to somewhere
do an about-face
do an about-turn
excursive
excursively
ping-pong
regear
reverse
slew
someone's back is turnedidiom
swerve
turn off (something)
wheel

(REACT)


 turn around and
spoken
used when talking about something that someone says, especially when they say it in a very direct way without worrying about people's reactions:
If we actually say anything, they just turn around and tell us to shut up.

turn something around


phrasal verb with turnverbuk /tɜːn/ us /tɝːn/
(UK alsoturn something round)
to change an unsuccessful business, plan, or system so that it becomes successful: 使(企业、计划或体系)好转,使扭转,使有起色
The new management team turned the ailing company around in under six months.新的管理团队使这个不景气的公司在不到半年的时间里焕发了生机。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Becoming better
alive
back on your feetidiom
bloom
blossom
blossom into something
bounce
by/in leaps and boundsidiom
come aliveidiom
heal
make a man (out) of someoneidiom
marginal
mend
mend your waysidiom
move on to bigger/better thingsidiom
rally
shape up
shape up or ship out!idiom
sharpen (something) up
sharpen up your actidiom
step

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Making things better
Success & failure in business

turn something around | American Dictionary


turn something around


phrasal verb with turnverbus/tɜrn/
to cause a situation or organization to change in a positive direction:
They were losing badly but they turned things around in the second half of the game.

turn around | Business English


turn around


phrasal verb with turnverb[ I or T ]uk /tɜːn/us
(UK also turn round)
MANAGEMENT
to change a plan, business, or system that is unsuccessful and make it successful:
He was hired by the government to help turn around the failing high-street bank.
COMMERCE, PRODUCTION
to supply or complete something in a particular time:
The company pledges to turn orders around in 24 hours.
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