reversion

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ɹɪˈvɚʒən/|/ɹəˈvɚʒən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or process of reverting something. countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonym: reversal
  2. The act or process of reverting something.; The act or process of reverting a database to a prior state. countable,uncountable
    — Near-synonym: rollback (sometimes synonymous)
  3. The action of returning to a former condition or practice. countable,uncountable
    — With its lavish brass and copperwork, this [bright chocolate] seemed a trifle too gay and unbecoming for a G.W.R. locomotive, and apparently the Company soon shared this view for there was a reversion to the standard Brunswick green.
  4. The fact of being turned the reverse way. countable,uncountable
  5. The action of turning something the reverse way. countable,uncountable
  6. The return of an estate to the donor or grantor after expiry of the grant. countable,uncountable
    — Why nothing capital of my master's wardrobe has drop'd lately—but I could give you a mortgage on some of his winter Cloaths with equity of redemption before November or—you shall have the reversion—of the French velvet, or a post obit on the Blue and Silver—
  7. An estate which has been returned in this manner. countable,uncountable
  8. The right of succeeding to an estate, or to another possession. countable,uncountable
  9. The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder. countable,uncountable
  10. The return of a genetic characteristic after a period of suppression. countable,uncountable
  11. A sum payable on a person's death. countable,uncountable
  12. The act of conversion to Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim. countable,proscribed,uncountable,usually

词形变化

reversions plural

词汇关系

近义词
deconversion regression restitution restoration reversion step back
反义词
conversion
上位词
change
下位词
atavism recidivism relapse retrogression apostasy serodeconversion
衍生词
antireversion cycloreversion manual reversion nonreversion photoreversion prereversion pseudoreversion reversionable reversional reversionary reversioner reversionism reversionist seroreversion
相关词
reversal status quo ante bellum undoing
并列词
reconversion

词源

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French reversion (modern réversion), from Latin reversio, from revertō. By surface analysis, revert + -sion.
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