revolution

名词 revolution:

1. a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
2. the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
3. a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
   同义词：rotation, gyration

1. Have you read the article on information revolution?
   你读了有关信息革命的那篇文章没有？
2. The industrial revolution had taken place in England first.
   工业革命首先在英国发生。
3. Those people go around preaching revolution.
   那些人到处宣扬革命。
4. In politics Britain has preferred evolution to revolution.
   在政治上，英国喜欢渐进而不喜欢革命。
5. The act of turning or the condition of being turned; rotation or revolution.
   转动，旋转转动的动作或被转动的状况; 转动或旋转
6. The invention of aircraft caused a revolution in our ways of travelling.
   飞机的发明引起了旅行方式的巨大改变。
7. Most countries have had revolutions aganist the government.
   大多数国家发生过反对政府的革命。

rev.o.lu.tion

n.Abbr. rev.（名词）缩写 rev.

Orbital motion about a point, especially as distinguished from axial rotation:
旋转，绕转：围绕一个点的轨道运动，尤指区别于绕轴旋转的：
例句：
the planetary revolution about the sun.
行星绕太阳的旋转

A turning or rotational motion about an axis.
旋转：围绕一轴的转动或旋转运动
A single complete cycle of such orbital or axial motion.
旋转：这样的沿轨道或绕轴运动的单个完整一周
The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another.See Synonyms at rebellion
革命：一个政府的颠覆及另一个政府的替代参见 rebellion
A sudden or momentous change in a situation:
大变革：在一情况下的突然或瞬时改变：
例句：
the revolution in computer technology.
计算机技术革命

Geology A time of major crustal deformation, when folds and faults are formed.
【地质学】 变革：褶皱和断层形成时的重要的地壳运动期

来源：
Middle English revolucioun
中古英语 revolucioun
from Old French revolution
源自 古法语 revolution
from Late Latin revolôtiô revolôtiôn-
源自 后期拉丁语 revolôtiô revolôtiôn-
from Latin revolôtus [past participle of] revolvere [to turn over] * see revolve
源自 拉丁语 revolôtus [] revolvere的过去分词 [翻转] *参见 revolve