1Move backward.

卡车倒车时撞到了公共汽车的尾部。

1. 1.1with object Cause (a vehicle) to move backward.
   使（车辆）倒行，倒退
   I got in the car, reversed it and drove it up the driveway

   我上了车，倒了倒，然后顺着道往前开。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • And they would have the front door open and the kettle on before I'd even reversed the van up their drive.
   • A woman who asked her husband to reverse her new luxury car into a parking space watched in horror as it smashed through a shop window.
   • Backing out faster than a drunkard reversing his vehicle, cheeks aflame, Jody remembers the useful rule of always knocking before entering.
   • Mr Russell was in the process of reversing his vehicle on to the loading bays.
   • Once we were safely on the main land the captain reversed the ship and set of back into the night moving quickly out of the harbor.
   • But he suddenly reversed the Peugeot he was driving and rammed the police car at speed.
   • After the crash, Gibson took over driving and reversed the car out of the garden.
   • At that moment, her uncle was reversing his Lexus car out of the yard.
   • With the wild revving of an engine tuned for acceleration rather than economy, Mike reversed the Escort and roared through the car park towards the entrance to the Chronicle building where Theo stood.
   • The elephant concerned has no history of aggressive behaviour and it is believed it only charged the jeep after becoming irritated when the driver tried to reverse the vehicle out of mud.
   • For some, owning a car is difficult but reversing the vehicle is even tougher a task.
   • When the police arrived, they had to reverse their vehicle against the door of the house to get the suspect into a van.
   • He reversed his car, and pulled out of his drive way, and stopped in front of me.
   • After he collided with a stone central reservation in Petergate, he struck a police Transit van, reversed the car and set off at speed towards Cheapside.
   • At the same time, another heavy goods vehicle driver was reversing his cab to hook up another container, which caused it to move in Mr Grills' direction.
   • She alleges the driver then reversed his bus and drove off.
   • Powell could have easily removed himself from the situation by reversing his vehicle.
   • The driver, 79, told today how he may have blacked out at the wheel as he was reversing his Honda out of the drive in Eliot Court, Fulford.
   • He reverses the car out of the space and drives down the road.
   • With the blood from his head injury obscuring his vision, Beharry managed to continue to control his vehicle, and forcefully reversed the Warrior out of the ambush area.
2. 1.2with object Turn (something) the other way around or up or inside out.
   反转；倒转；颠倒；将…内面翻出来
   after completing a row of leaves or flowers I have reversed the pattern

   Example sentencesExamples

   • In the poem, Coleridge takes that ancient image of human purpose, the triumphant journey to master a world, and reverses it, turns it inside out.
   • To start with, all three seats must be transposed and reversed.
   • We then have a supplemental draft - two rounds - where the order is reversed from that of Round One.
   • Another difficulty is, of course, that the resulting image is reversed left-to-right.
   • The image is upside-down and reversed left-to-right.
   • Nice article about the new Chrysler Hemi V-8, but the photo on page 22 is reversed.
   • When viewed from above, the image appears the correct way up (but still reversed left-to-right).
   • Inscribed on the outside of the glass and viewed from the inside, the letters are reversed and reveal a snowy landscape.
   • The main staircase is actually reversed to create a spacious entryway just inside the doorway.
   • All the polarities inside him have been reversed; instead of explaining past tragedy and sadness, he will project future happiness.
   • They are history interpreted retrospectively, reversed and inverted - my point being that history neither begins in nor relinquishes myth.
   • When the cloth was turned inside-out, the reversed marks resulted in the famous image of the crucified Christ.
   • As with her earlier collection, the garments can be worn inside-out, reversed or unbuttoned.

   Synonyms

   turn upside down, turn over, upend, upturn, put bottom up, flip over, turn topsy-turvy, invert, capsize

   turn inside out
3. 1.3with object Make (something) the opposite of what it was.
   使逆转；把…颠倒过来
   the damage done to the ozone layer may be reversed

   对臭氧层造成的破坏可以逆转。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • In one instance, he attempted to replace the head of Customs with a personal friend, an action that President Kostunica quickly moved to reverse.
   • The best thing about this movie was that it reversed the polarity of our sympathy while also deepening it.
   • Last season's scenario of a vibrant Heworth and struggling Selby seems to have reversed itself as Selby move into the top half of the table while Heworth have slipped to the bottom.
   • In such cases, the extensive use of tax credits reverses the burden of providing the information from the taxing authority to the taxpayer, who thereby has to prove compliance.
   • Its decision to reintroduce free entry to the art gallery, reversing the ill-considered entrance fee, was a positive gesture of intent.
   • While they never succeeded in reversing the problem of economic disparity, they provided opposition to those seeking support for an urban-based model for change.
   • Now that the industry is gone, they are moving back again, reversing a 200 year trend.
   • Both Hyundai and Nissan have reversed their U.S. automotive fortunes but to differing degrees.
   • The final chorus in this production reverses the emotional polarities of the whole opera: singing about their new-won freedom, the humans fight, flirt and fornicate.
   • Later, the media department chairperson also appealed to the Opposition to reverse its boycott decision.
   • According to him it is the responsibility of every resident to assist the authorities in reversing this situation.
   • A year later, in reversing that move, the committee was able to report that ‘household spending appears to have recovered from its post-Christmas dip’.
   • The strangely pleasant thing about this is that it reverses the law of diminishing returns.
   • New Brighton are next up at home this Saturday, when the Black and Ambers attempt to reverse a 21-18 defeat which came via a last-minute penalty in late November.
   • But the authority reversed its decision earlier this year, paving the way for others to go through the same process.
   • The opposition is criticizing the handouts while not promising to reverse them.
   • In West Yorkshire, where the passenger death figures are the worst for five years, the local education authority has started a campaign in schools, aimed at reversing the trend.
   • The synod, like a general council, however, would have no authority over the pope and no right to reverse his decisions.
   • Patten tried to reverse years of authoritarian British administration in Hong Kong by encouraging democratic institutions.
   • He added that the Minister for Finance had the authority to reverse the decision.

   Synonyms

   alter, change
4. 1.4with object Exchange (the position or function) of two people or things.
   互换（位置，功能）
   the experimenter and the subject reversed roles and the experiment was repeated

   实验者和实验对象调换了角色后又做了一遍实验。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • There are a few sites that reverse this process by using a light text on dark background, which is found acceptable in some cases, but you are better off using dark on light for your overall content.
   • On the other side of the city in Dangan Sports Ground the position was reversed with many more participants that spectators.
   • If you looked at the same statistics two years ago, the positions would have been reversed.
   • And if I was honest with myself I'd have felt the same if our positions had been reversed.
   • In a sense, the parent-child role was being reversed, as Jean determined to do everything she could to spare her parents from having to confront the worst indignities of their situation.
   • If the roles had been reversed, how would they have fared before Lord Hutton's questioning?
   • As she watched her husband's ascendancy back home, few could have denied Victoria Beckham a moment's reflection on how their positions have been reversed.
   • Their roles had been reversed, with the wife going out to work and the husband staying at home with the kids.
   • Step forward 10 years and the roles have been somewhat reversed.
   • Reid himself argued that, if the roles had been reversed, nationalists may well have behaved in much the same way to unionists as unionists had behaved to them.
   • Of course, if we judge things on a per capita basis, the last positions would be reversed.
   • Now these roles have effectively been reversed.
   • The Ulster Unionist said what needed to be done was for the current roles to be reversed with planners offering an opinion to Councillors and Councillors making the decision.
   • If this were my house, the positions would be reversed and I'd be the one screaming and running out the door.
   • And, as with some Asian cars, the indicator and windscreen wipers are reversed, which can cause no end of confusion at first.
   • But in other respects, the two countries' positions are reversed.
   • The guy who was up gave a helping hand to the guy who was lower down, knowing that their positions could be reversed without warning.
   • The following day, however, Fujinami - Lampkin's main rival in his defence of the world title - got his revenge, reversing the finishing positions from Saturday.
   • There may, therefore, be a link between poor visual motion sensitivity and the tendency to misidentify, transpose, and reverse letters.
   • But eventually, there would come a time when the roles would be reversed, when he would have to be the strong one.

   Synonyms

   swap, swap round, change, change round, exchange, interchange, switch, switch round, trade, transpose, invert, turn about, turn around
5. 1.5Law with object Revoke or annul (a judgment, sentence, or decree made by a lower court or authority)
   〔律〕废弃，撤销（下级法院或权力机构的裁决、宣判或法令）
   the court reversed his conviction

   法庭撤销了对他的判决。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The American Civil Liberties Union, which demanded the T-shirt ban be lifted and the suspensions reversed, said the case is really about free speech.
   • The appellate court, though it reversed the defendant's trial court victory, agreed that such an argument could be pursued.
   • Judge Brown, when you were reversed, was that a horrible personal feeling for a judge to get reversed by a higher court?
   • Many of these rulings are judgment calls that cannot be reversed by an appellate court unless the trial judge makes an egregiously bad judgment.
   • There are a few things, though, that they don't seem to like; one is being reversed by a higher court.
   • However, the High Court reversed the lower court decision yesterday, reducing sentences for most of those convicted in the construction fault case.
   • Appellate courts generally don't like to reverse trial courts' evidence calls.
   • There are no prospects that it would be reversed in this Court.
   • Last April, the Supreme Court reversed the High Court ruling.
   • An Ohio appellate court last week reversed a lower court ruling that the city's pernicious treatment of marijuana users was unconstitutional under state law.
   • It is no wonder that the federal appeals court refused to reverse Whittemore's ruling.
   • The Supreme Court finally reversed the high court judgement and sent the cases back for trial in January 2003.
   • The High Court of Australia first sat in Brisbane in May 1904 and, perhaps in a sign of things to come, reversed the Full Court which had upheld the trial judge's decision.
   • In detailed submissions Mr Page sought to demonstrate that the finding was not supported by the evidence and that it should be reversed by this court.
   • The judges in this case cite the troubled relationship between the murderer and her own mother as justification for reversing the sentence of the lower court.
   • When the Supreme Court reversed Newdow on narrow technical grounds, Kennedy was spared from facing the consequences of his own jurisprudence.
   • Nonetheless, the Supreme Court might see fit to reverse the Court of Appeals' decision.
   • The Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit's decision by a 6-3 vote.
   • In December 2000, the Tokyo High Court reversed Mainali's acquittal and sentenced him to life in prison.
   • Appealed again, however, the case was reversed by the Supreme Court.
6. 1.6 (of an engine) work in a contrary direction.
   （发动机）反向运转
   the ship's engines reversed and cut out altogether

   船上的发动机出现反转，然后就全停了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Changing gears, the machine reversed and then turned left, breaking out onto one of the main streets momentarily.
   • The engines were stopped and reversed, and the vessel ascended backwards.
   • They reached the deck just as the cruiser's engines reversed, bringing them alongside the victims.
   • The shipped lurched as the engines reversed so suddenly.
   • Then disaster struck (and I'm not sure what exactly happened), as I woke up to find the engines at full power reversing away from shore with Nicholas waving frantically.
7. 1.7Printing with object Make (type or a design) print as white in a block of solid color or a halftone.
   〔印刷〕使（铅字，图案）印成白或浅色
   their press ads had a headline reversed out of the illustration

   他们的报纸广告在图案上出现白色的文字广告标题。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The screen is a reversed LCD, giving white text on a black background.
   • Weird images with psycho colours or strangely reversed black and white tones are the hallmarks of using this type of film.
   • In the six remaining pictures the colours are reversed, to make a pattern of black crosses on a white ground.
   • Type ‘X,’ which will reverse the colours so white is now on top.

1attributive Going in or turned toward the direction opposite to that previously stated.

时尚似乎正在向反方向发展。

1. 1.1 Operating, behaving, or ordered in a way contrary or opposite to that which is usual or expected.
   反向操作（或运转）的；颠倒顺序的
   here are the results in reverse order

   这是用倒序列出的成果。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • First, I centered the towers within the 8 inches I had allowed for the foreground image and cut the poster with reverse bevels using my mat cutter.
   • A poor kick from Barkley allowed Wales to counter, and a brilliant reverse pass from Dafydd Jones saw Shane Williams draw Jason Robinson to put Taylor over in the left corner.
   • If anything, it allows for a reverse form of cultural prejudice, through which critics idealize large groups of people they barely understand.
   • As a result of this amazing reverse flow, the lake expands from 2,700 square kilometers in the dry season to no less than 16,000 sq km.
   • The valves are arranged to prevent retrograde or reverse blood flow.
   • Many commercial firms report significant reductions in initial purchase prices by using Internet-based reverse auctions.
   • He was going to fly the airplane backwards using reverse engine thrust!
   • There would be a reverse tide, flowing up the river equally as fast as the normal downriver flow.
   • Although the exhibition follows a basic chronological trajectory, the linear flow of history is frequently interrupted by reverse flows and eddies.
   • The duckbill valve must prevent reverse flow and airflow back to the heart, which could cause an embolism.
   • Next, step backward with your left leg into a reverse lunge and bring the ball to your left hip.
   • We suggest this reverse flow of information will have an unanticipated effect on agriculture.
   • A reverse mortgage allows senior citizens to earn tax-free income by tapping the equity in their homes.
   • The Society no doubt had to make a reverse calculation in order to determine the differential final bonuses.
   • Damian ran toward Kale and holding the sword backwards, he sliced in a reverse motion, making it difficult for his opponent to do anything but defend himself.
   • In spring when the air temperature outside the bin is higher than the grain temperature, a reverse convection current will occur.
   • As with the Arnold press, the palms-facing-backward position of the reverse barbell press allows you to comfortably start from the lowest position.
   • Here are the Top Three singles from this week in 1978 and 1988, in alternate reverse order.
   • The unique interaction between the two technologies creates security features that are nearly impossible to counterfeit, duplicate or reverse engineer.
   • We detected no tidal effects on salinity or water level in the impoundment, despite reverse flow at the fishway.

   Synonyms

   backward, backwards, reversed, inverted, transposed, from bottom to top
2. 1.2Electronics (of a voltage applied to a semiconductor junction) in the direction which does not allow significant current to flow.
   〔电子〕（半导体结的外加电压）反向的
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Grove proved that his reverse principle worked, and generated a powerful current in his laboratory, but the practical applications of his invention failed to stir him.
   • This result is consistent with outward NCKX current being generated by the reverse mode of exchange.
   • In fact, after a certain degree of reverse bias, the junction will go into what's known as ‘breakdown’.
3. 1.3Geology Denoting a fault or faulting in which a relative downward movement occurred in the strata situated on the underside of the fault plane.
   〔地质〕（地层）逆断的，冲断的
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The fault is interpreted as a north-directed reverse fault with a possible minor left-lateral strike-slip component.
   • The basin experienced east-west folding and reverse faulting soon after deposition ended.
   • It is not known whether the thrusts and reverse faults represent reactivated extensional basement structures or formed entirely during basin inversion.
   • Both steep and shallow-dipping reverse fault planes have been observed.
   • Previous work has demonstrated the presence of important, post-glacial reverse faults in Norway.

1A complete change of direction or action.

瘿瘤引起光合作用逆转。

1. 1.1 Reverse gear on a motor vehicle; the position of a gear lever or selector corresponding to this.
   倒车齿轮；倒档位置。参见后面 in reverse
   See also "in reverse" below

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Certainly, if you were to buy a 6-series, I recommend you select reverse when leaving friends' houses so they don't see its backside.
   • The benefit is that it allows hands-off forward or reverse travel without affecting left/right steering.
   • Linked with reverse, it allows the drivers to see in wide-angle the path behind their car.
   • The powertrain is tied directly to the differential, and forward or reverse are selected via a switch on the dash.
   • An automatic transmission shifter is used to select forward and reverse.
   • It had a peculiar gearstick, and the driver could find reverse only after various undignified contortions.
   • He jumped into his car and shifted the gear onto reverse.
   • It was a tiny machine to which an Italian engineer applied a turbine to each of its four wheels, two for forward running, two for reverse.
   • The Allison MD3560 six forward plus one reverse speed automatic transmission has differentials and final drives on both the rear and front cabins.
   • A driver crashed into the front of his home yesterday after mistaking first gear for reverse.
   • Chris disengaged the clutch, selected reverse, re-engaged the clutch and floored the accelerator within four seconds.
   • By sliding your finger up and down that strip, you can control the sub-light speed of the ship, from full throttle to full reverse.
   • For some odd reason she always turned too little, reversed too far or accelerated before changing the gear back from reverse to drive.
   • The buggies have automatic gearboxes with reverse and the quads are manual five-speeds.
   • She shifted from reverse into first and pulled out of the alley.
   • The manual box is pretty nifty, but heavy to select reverse, and the overdrive sixth and high fifth gears mean it depends on left wrist exercise.
   • Try each gear including reverse with the brake on to see how fast it engages each gear and how much play it has.
   • Heaton swore under his breath, cussing and blaming the English weather and he switched on his windscreen wipers as he put his gear on reverse and began to drive out of the car park.
   • This is important because, due to the paddle gear-change, it could be just too easy to change down all the gears, hit neutral, and then select reverse by mistake.
   • This monitor provides live full-color video through the Vehicle Information System whenever reverse is engaged.
2. 1.2American Football A play in which the ballcarrier reverses the direction of attack by lateraling or handling the ball to a teammate moving in the opposite direction.
   〔美橄〕（将球传给跑向相反方向队友的）横向传球
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Don't be surprised to see him get the ball more on reverses, because the team needs to make use of his game-breaking speed.
   • In the second quarter, he ran a reverse 10 yards to the goal line that set up a one-yard TD pass on the next play.
   • The team tries to throw the ball to him deep, but offensive coordinator Jack Reilly also likes to get Ismail the ball on reverses, hitches and screen passes so he can use his speed.
   • And just maybe he might touch the ball on a reverse.
   • The team will give Johnson the ball on reverses, and it will use him at flanker and split end and in the slot.

2the reverseThe opposite or contrary to that previously stated.

恰恰相反，他根本不想家。

3An adverse change of fortune; a setback or defeat.

联队遭遇到本赛季最严重的挫折。

4The opposite side or face to the observer.

地址写在传单的背面。

1. 4.1 A left-hand page of an open book, or the back of a loose document.
   （翻开的书）左手页；（活页文件的）背面
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Cheques should be made payable to Amala Children's Home and on the reverse write ‘Disaster Fund’ and your full name and address.
   • On the reverse of the leaflet there appeared this passage.
   • The clauses in the problem appear to be quite legible, but they are on the reverse of the document and there is no notice such as ‘See over for conditions’ on its face.
   • Include your name and address on the reverse of the poem page.
   • The reverse of the leaflet encourages prospective vegetarians with ‘hard, scientific information’.
   • She had already checked the reverse of the paper but found it to be blank.

   Synonyms

   reverse side, other side, underside
2. 4.2 The side of a coin or medal bearing the value or secondary design.
   （硬币或奖牌）反面
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Designing a medal is not just a case of sticking a logo on one side and the date and place on the reverse.
   • The first series all had the elephant on the reverse.
   • The medals themselves seem to be identical, both for the 1912 Bolton Bread Show, and on the reverse of each is ‘won by Joseph Wood’ engraved into the medal.
   • The reverse of the friendship medals, much like today's nickels, had a portrait of Thomas Jefferson.
   • King Vajiravudh continued to use the three-headed elephant on the reverse of his coins.
   • Vasari specifically attributed to Domenico di Polo one of these medals, with the impresa of Capricorn on its reverse, dating it to Cosimo's first year of office, 1537.
   • On the reverse there is an elephant in the center of the Chakra device with stars around the border as above.
   • It is the one baht coin with the King's portrait on the obverse and the three-headed elephant on the reverse.
   • The reverse of each coin has an individual design representing the country from which the coin originates.
   • The new coin carries some of the same designs as the old one; a coat of arms on one side and an image of the wildebeest on the reverse.
   • It is interesting to know that the engraver A. Patey only made the portrait side of the coin; another artist made the reverse with the three-headed elephant.
   • The first thing you have to do is carve out steel dies for the obverse and the reverse of the coin.
   • There were eight different denominations, with Metcalfe's design of an animal on the reverse of each coin.
   • So many items were placed on some pyres, that it is tempting to think these must have been tiered like the depictions of some imperial funerals on the reverses of coins.
   • The moneyer's name, Eoba, is on the reverse, each letter in a petal of a quatrefoil.
3. 4.3 The design or inscription on the reverse side of a coin or medal.
   （硬币或奖牌）反面图案（或刻字）。参见OBVERSE （义项1）
   See also obverse (sense 1 of the noun)

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The reverse of the Afghanistan Medal is based on a portion of a snow-capped mountain range with a multi-rayed sun rising behind the mountains.
   • The reverse of the coin has been designed to represent celebration, victory and sportsmanship with a triumphant figure holding aloft a streaming banner symbolising the lanes of a track or swimming pool.
   • The obverse of the medal shows the portrait of King Louis XIV and the reverse shows the Thai ambassadors showing their respect during the audience with the King.
   • The obverse is the same as on the smaller coins, but the reverse is different.