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revolution

英 [revə'luːʃ(ə)n] 美['rɛvə'lʊʃən]

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近义词cycle orbit circuit circle

n. 革命；旋转；运行；循环

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中文词源

revolution 革命，大变革

来自 revolve,旋转，-ute,过去分词格，-ion,名词后缀。引申词义革命，大变革。

英英释意

1. a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving;: "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"

2. the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

3. a single complete turn (axial or orbital);: "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"

英文词源

revolution (n.): late 14c., originally of celestial bodies, from Old French revolucion "course, revolution (of celestial bodies)" (13c.), or directly from Late Latin revolutionem (nominative revolutio) "a revolving," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin revolvere "turn, roll back" (see revolve).

General sense of "instance of great change in affairs" is recorded from mid-15c. Political meaning "overthrow of an established political system" first recorded c. 1600, derived from French, and was especially applied to the expulsion of the Stuart dynasty under James II in 1688 and transfer of sovereignty to William and Mary.

考试真题

And dress, yes, that was the revolution.

It may start a revolution in the car industry.

Kodak's decision to file for bankruptcy（破产）protection is a sad, though not unexpected, turning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution.

It initiated the digital revolution in the film industry

To show its quick adaptation to the digital revolution.

The Magician The revolution that Steve Jobs led is only just beginning When it came to putting on a show, nobody else in the computer industry, or any other industry for that matter, could match Steve Jobs

Born the 16th child to poor parents in Paris in either 1783 or 1784, a young Careme was suddenly abandoned at the height of the French Revolution.

Nadeau is part of a small revolution developing across California.

The personal computing revolution and philosophy of disruptive innovation of silicon Valley grew, in part, out of the creations of the Homebrew Computer Chub, which was founded in a garage in Menlo Park, California, in the mid-1970s.

The practice of clocking in for an eight-hour workday is a leftover from the days of the Industrial Revolution, as reflected in the then-popular saying, Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest.

Having already enabled a communications revolution, the battery is now poised to transform just about everything else.

Erica is proof that a great-grandmother can help to lead the revolution if you get the psychology right — in this case, by matching her enthusiasm for the environment with a fondness for organising groups.

But texting and instant messaging do — and a revolution has begun.

has started a revolution in higher education

It will start a new technological revolution.

Having already enabled a communications revolution, the battery is now poised to transform just about everything else.

It's imperative for us to embrace a workplace revolution.

Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one—industrialization.

The practice of clocking in for an eight-hour workday is a leftover from the days of the Industrial Revolution, as reflected in the then-popular saying, "Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest."

The robotics revolution is set to bring humans face to face with an old fear—man-made creations as smart and capable as we are but without a moral compass.

This was really an important revolution in human history, because it allowed us to continue to evolve in equatorial environments.

But the revolution that was taking place in the 1830s would change all that.

The fascination with the ict information and communication technology revolution, represented by the Internet, has made some rich countries wrongly conclude that making things is so " yesterday " that they should try to live on ideas.

The habima is the centre of hebrew-language theatre worldwide, founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s, since 1958, they have been recognised as the National Theatre of Israel.

The victims of this revolution , of course ,are not limited to designers.

We are still at the beginning of this revolution and small choices now may turn out to have gigantic consequences later.

The Industrial Revolution didn't go so well for Luddites whose jobs were displaced by mechanized looms, but it eventually raised living standards and created more jobs than it destroyed.

Davidson's article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Gre

In his Case Study House, Ralph Rapson may have mispredicted just how the mechanical revolution would impact everyday life—few American families acquired helicopters, though most eventually got clothes dryers—but his belief that self-sufficiency was both d

The concept of man versus machine is at least as old as the industrial revolution, but this phenomenon tends to be most acutely felt during economic downturns and fragile recoveries.

The victims of this revolution, of course, are not limited to designers.

实用场景例句

a socialist revolution: 社会主义革命

the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789: 1789年法国大革命的爆发

to start a revolution: 发动一场革命

a country on the brink of revolution: 即将发生革命的国家

a cultural/social/scientific, etc. revolution: 文化、社会、科学等的重大变革

A revolution in information technology is taking place.: 信息技术正在发生巨变。

the revolution of the earth around the sun: 地球环绕太阳的公转

rotating at 300 revolutions per minute: 以每分钟300转的速度旋转

The period since the revolution has been one of political turmoil.: 革命爆发后就陷入了政治动乱期。

...after the French Revolution.: 法国革命之后

The nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in ship design and propulsion.: 19世纪船舶设计和船舶动力领域发生了重大的变革。

...the industrial revolution.: 工业革命

The tumultuous Cultural Revolution was chiefly responsible for the searing desire for change in China.: 混乱的文化大革命是引起对中国发生变化的极度渴望的主要原因.

The Russian Revolution occurred on November 7, 1917.: 俄国十月革命发生于1917年11月7日.

Yuan Shikai quickly seized the fruits of the victory of the 1911 Revolution.: 袁世凯迅速篡夺了辛亥革命的胜利果实.

That country must have an industrial revolution.: 那个国家必须进行工业革命.

This volume records the history of the country's revolution.: 这卷书记载了这个国家的革命历史.

We should thank those who bled for the revolution.: 我们应该感谢那些为革命而牺牲的人们.

The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.: 俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑.

Many aristocrats were killed in the French Revolution.: 许多贵族在法国大革命中被处死.

The epoch of revolution creates great figures.: 革命时代造就伟大的人物.

The earth makes one revolution around the sun in about 365 days.: 地球约在365天内绕太阳公转一次.

The tide of revolution is surging ahead.: 革命的洪流奔腾向前.

His whole mind , his whole being, was centered in revolution.: 他的整个身心都放在革命上.

When the revolution is developing rapidly, some people are bound to fall behind.: 在革命急速发展的时候, 总不免有人要落伍的.

Revolution can only occur at a time when both internal and external conditions of a country are ripe enough.: 一个国家的革命只有在内部与外部条件成熟时才能发生.

It was here the scattered forces of the revolution assembled in the autumn of 1928.: 就是在这里,分散了的革命武装力量于1928年秋季聚集起来了.

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