词义辨析之Invert、Revert、Transform和Deform

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Invert、Revert、Transform和Deform都有“转变”之意。

Invert:to change the normal position of sth, especially by turning it upside down or by arranging it in the opposite order(使)倒转,颠倒,倒置。强调“位置/方位/顺序”的转变。

Invert Selection 反向选择

Invert Route 航线反转


Revert:to return to a former state; to start doing sth again that you used to do in the past 回复;恢复。强调“回到原来的状态/情形”。

His manner seems to have reverted to normal. 他的举止好像已经恢复了正常。

Try not to revert to your old eating habits. 尽力不要恢复你过去的饮食习惯。


Transform:to completely change the appearance or character of sth, especially so that it is better 使改变外观(或性质);使改观。强调“外观/性质”的转变。

Industrialization transformed the world.

工业化彻底改变了世界。

Your metabolic rate is the speed at which your body transforms food into energy.

你的新陈代谢率就是你身体将食物转换成能量的速度。


Deform:to change or spoil the usual or natural shape of sth 改变…的外形;损毁…的形状;使成畸形。强调“不好/消极”的转变。

Bad rheumatoid arthritis deforms limbs.

严重的类风湿性关节炎会使肢体畸形。

He was born with a deformed right leg.

他天生右腿畸形。


参考双语例句:

①Present data in the format that’s most useful for you: standard Outlook-style grouping that dynamically sorts grid columns; Hierarchical Data Display that offers enhanced Master-Detail presentation and fully editable, dropdown views; Form View that repositions data in a standard “form” that can be modified as needed; and Inverted View that repositions rows as columns to provide a convenient “read down” format.

以最为实用的格式表示数据:标准Outlook样式分组,可以动态的排序网格列;分层数据显示提供了增强的Master-Detail显示,以及完全可编辑的下拉视图;窗体视图可在需要能修改的标准“窗体”中重新定位数据;反转视图可将行转换为列,从而提供方便的“向下读”方式。

②In its annual report for 2009, the Commission indicates that it has requested its secretariat, in cooperation with the organizations of the common system and the Pension Fund, to prepare a comprehensive report on the possibility of changing the mandatory age of separation and that it will revert to the issue at its seventy-second session (see A/64/30, chap. III, para. 20).

公务员制度委员会在其2009年年度报告中指出,它已请其秘书处与共同制度下的各组织和养恤基金合作,起草一份关于改变规定离职年龄的可能性的全面报告,并指出它将在其第七十二届会议上再次讨论这一问题(见A/64/30,第三章,第20段)。

③The review aimed to transform ACC into CEB and rationalize its subsidiary bodies into a two-pillar structure—the High-level Committee on Programmes and the High-level Committee on Management—supported by a single, jointly financed secretariat to ensure coherence of support and action.

该审查的目的是将行政协调会转变为行政首长理事会,理顺其附属机构,使其成为一个双支柱结构——方案问题高级别委员会和管理问题高级别委员会,由共同出资的单一秘书处向其提供支持,以确保支持和行动的连贯性。

④With their innovative spring balance design and lower moving mass, the high performance pneumatic probes have been developed for gauging delicate materials such as glass or plastic, which require very low tip forces to avoid deforming the component and contact tip materials that do not leave a mark.

凭借其创新的弹簧平衡设计和更低的运动质量,高性能气动探头的研发旨在针对精密材料,如玻璃或塑料的测量,这些材料都需要极低的接触力以求避免部件和触头变形,且不留痕迹。 

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