revolution

[.revə'lu:ʃən]

n.革命, 变革, 重大改变, 旋转

例句与用法：

Have you read the article on information revolution?

你读了有关信息革命的那篇文章没有？

The industrial revolution had taken place in England first.

工业革命首先在英国发生。

Those people go around preaching revolution.

那些人到处宣扬革命。

In politics Britain has preferred evolution to revolution.

在政治上，英国喜欢渐进而不喜欢革命。

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

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。

Most countries have had revolutions aganist the government.

大多数国家发生过反对政府的革命。

详细释义：

n.

1. 革命, 革命运动[C][U]

The American Revolution gave independence to the Colonies.

美国独立战争使十三个州得到了独立。

2. 革命性剧变, 大变革[C][(+in)]

The automobile caused a revolution in our way of traveling.

汽车使旅行的方式发生了根本性的变化。

3. (天体的)运行, 公转[C][U][(+round)]

One revolution of the earth around the sun takes a year.

地球绕太阳运行一周需一年时间。

4. 回转, 旋转[C]

They spin at 400-500 revolutions per minute.

它们每分钟旋转四百到五百周。

5. 循环, (一)周期[U][C]

The annual revolution of the earth round the sun causes the revolution of the seasons.

地球每年绕太阳公转而形成四季循环。