turn around ( turning, turned, turns )

BRIT also turn round

• 1. 

  →see turn

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you turn something around, or if it turns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction. 转向反方向

  例：

  Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond.

  巴德把卡车调了个头，开始返回道尔顿池塘。

  例：

  He had reached over to turn around a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show.

  他伸过手把一瓶香槟酒转过去，使它的标签显露不出来。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If something such as a business or economy turns around, or if someone turns it around, it becomes successful, after being unsuccessful for a period of time. (生意或经济) 好转 [商业]

  例：

  Turning the company around won't be easy.

  使公司好转不容易。

  例：

  In his long career, Horton turned around two entire divisions.

  在他漫长的职业生涯中，霍顿曾使整整两个分部扭亏为盈。