revolved

英 [rɪˈvɒlvd]

美 [rɪˈvɑːlvd]

v.  旋转; 环绕; 转动
revolve的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 围绕;以…为中心;以…为主要特征
  If you say that one thingrevolves aroundanother thing, you mean that the second thing is the main feature or focus of the first thing.
  1. Since childhood, her life has revolved around tennis...
     从孩童时期开始，她的生活就以网球为中心。
  2. This plot revolves around a youngster who is shown various stages of his life.
     这个故事情节围绕着一个年轻人展开，描述了他人生的各个阶段。
• VERB (讨论或对话)以…为主题，围绕
  If a discussion or conversationrevolves arounda particular topic, it is mainly about that topic.
  1. The debate revolves around specific accounting techniques...
     这场争论的焦点是具体的会计技术。
  2. The conversation revolved around the terrible condition of the road.
     这次对话主要讨论这条路的糟糕路况。
• VERB 围绕…旋转
  If one objectrevolves aroundanother object, the first object turns in a circle around the second object.
  1. The satellite revolves around the Earth once every hundred minutes.
     这颗人造卫星每100分钟围绕地球旋转一周。
• V-ERG （使）旋转;（使）转动
  When somethingrevolvesor when yourevolveit, it moves or turns in a circle around a central point or line.
  1. Overhead, the fan revolved slowly...
     风扇在头顶上缓缓地转动着。
  2. Monica picked up her Biro and revolved it between her teeth.
     莫妮卡拿起她的伯罗圆珠笔，放在牙齿间转动着。

英英释义

adj

• turned in a circle around an axis
  Synonym:rotated

双语例句

• The conversation revolved around the terrible condition of the road.
  这次对话主要讨论这条路的糟糕路况。
• The report revolved in the main around europe.
  这个报告探讨的主要是欧洲各处的问题。
• The dispersed figures had come together on the sand and were a dense black mass that revolved.
  四散的人影在沙滩上汇聚拢来，变成了旋转着的浓黑的一团。
• Galileo was the first scientist, and person, to question the Church's statement that the Earth was the center of the solar system, and all other planets and the Sun revolved around it.
  当时教会认为，地球是太阳系的中心，其他行星和太阳都围绕地球运动。伽利略是质疑这一说法的第一位科学家，第一个人。
• Much of the experimentation has revolved around trying to deduce market sentiment from comments on social networks.
  这种实验大多围绕着试图从社交网络上的评论来推断市场情绪。
• For example, a globe could be revolved by drawing a half circle.
  举例来说，全球可旋转借助一个半圈。
• Sometimes I wished that the whole world revolved around me, so I could do whatever I wanted.
  有时候我真希望世界都围着我转，那样我就可以为所欲为。
• The debate revolved around the morality of abortion.
  辩论以堕胎的道德性为主题而进行。
• My education has revolved around Psychology, and due to years of therapy and self-analysis, I feel I've come very far in "growing into myself" both as a woman and a human being.
  我学的是心理学，经过多年的治疗和自我分析，我觉得，无论是作为一个女人还是作为一个人，我都没能长成我自己。
• EXAMPLE: The Polish astronomer Copernicus challenged conventional wisdom, which held that the sun revolved around the earth.
  波兰天文学家哥白尼对当时太阳围绕地球转的普遍看法提出挑战。