English Dictionary

turn around

動詞

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(ergative) To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.

日本語の意味

（通常は垂直軸を中心として）体や物体が回転する、すなわち半回転（180度）、全回転（360度）、またはそれ以上に渡る回転を行うこと

She asked him to turn around so she could check for a zipper on the back of his dress.

彼女は、彼のドレスの背中のファスナーを確認するために、彼に180度回ってくれるよう頼んだ。

意味（1）

(ergative) To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.

At the end of the road, we turned around and walked back to the hotel.

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position).

Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.

意味（3）

(transitive, business, management, sports) To reverse an expected outcome (of a game, etc.), usually from a losing outcome to a winning one; to return (a business, department, etc.) to effectiveness, profitability, etc.

It took changes from Wenger and a rare defensive lapse from Everton before Arsenal finally turned the game around with two goals in the space of five minutes.

意味（4）

(transitive, espionage) To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side.

Some months ago, the Captain had come to the FBI with a story that he had been contacted by Soviet agents, and the FBI had “turned him around” and used him to plant false and specially made up classified material of no importance on the Soviets.

意味（5）

(intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc.

You can't just turn around and say that it was all my fault.

意味（6）

(transitive, idiomatic, of an idea) To consider from a different viewpoint.

Let's turn that around and look at it from another angle.

意味（7）

(transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate.

We can turn around 500 units by next week.

turns around （ present singular third-person ）

turning around （ participle present ）

turned around （ participle past ）

turned around （ past ）