revolution

英 [ˌrevəˈluːʃn]

美 [ˌrevəˈluːʃn]

n.  革命; 巨变; 大变革; (环绕中心点的)旋转; (尤指)天体运行

复数：revolutions　

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同义词辨析

innovationdeparturerevolution【导航词义：变革】

牛津词典

noun

• 革命
  an attempt, by a large number of people, to change the government of a country, especially by violent action
  1. a socialist revolution
     社会主义革命
  2. the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789
     1789年法国大革命的爆发
  3. to start a revolution
     发动一场革命
  4. a country on the brink of revolution
     即将发生革命的国家
• 巨变；大变革
  a great change in conditions, ways of working, beliefs, etc. that affects large numbers of people
  1. a cultural/social/scientific, etc. revolution
     文化、社会、科学等的重大变革
  2. A revolution in information technology is taking place.
     信息技术正在发生巨变。
• （环绕中心点的）旋转；（尤指）天体运行
  a complete circular movement around a point, especially of one planet around another
  1. the revolution of the earth around the sun
     地球环绕太阳的公转
• 旋转；绕轴旋转
  a circular movement made by sth fixed to a central point, for example in a car engine
  1. rotating at 300 revolutions per minute
     以每分钟300转的速度旋转

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 革命;武装运动
  Arevolutionis a successful attempt by a large group of people to change the political system of their country by force.
  1. The period since the revolution has been one of political turmoil.
     革命爆发后就陷入了政治动乱期。
  2. ...after the French Revolution.
     法国革命之后
  3. ...before the 1917 Revolution.
     1917年革命之前
• N-COUNT 重大变革;巨大变化
  Arevolutionin a particular area of human activity is an important change in that area.
  1. The nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in ship design and propulsion.
     19世纪船舶设计和船舶动力领域发生了重大的变革。
  2. ...the industrial revolution.
     工业革命

英英释义

noun

• the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
• a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
  1. the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution
• a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
  1. the plane made three rotations before it crashed
  2. the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
  Synonym:rotationgyration

双语例句

• Having started a revolution we must go all the way
  既然已经发动了革命，我们就一定要进行到底。
• This was a prologue to today's bloodless revolution.
  这拉开了当今不流血革命的序幕。
• The public had wearied of his repeated warnings of a revolution that never seemed to start
  他一再预警的革命迟迟没有开始，公众已对此感到厌倦。
• When the revolution is developing rapidly, some people are bound to fall behind.
  在革命急速发展的时候，总不免有人要落伍的。
• The working class is still too small to enable a successful socialist revolution.
  工人阶级队伍还是非常弱小，不能成功实现社会主义革命。
• We find the leftists assuming leadership and becoming the spokesmen for an ideal of international revolution.
  我们发现，左派逐渐掌权并成为国际革命理想的代言人。
• Lenin was the great orator of the Russian Revolution.
  列宁是俄国革命时期伟大的演说家。
• The Chinese revolution is a continuation of the great October Revolution.
  中国革命是伟大的十月革命的继续。
• Hundreds of people had died there in terrible circumstances during and after the revolution.
  在革命期间和其后的恶劣形势下，那里有成百上千的人死去。
• We observe that the first calls for radical transformation did not begin until the period of the industrial revolution
  我们认为直到工业革命时期才出现了要求彻底变革的第一波呐喊。