1、turn around
(使)調轉方向;(使)轉向
Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond.
巴德把卡車掉頭,開始返回多爾頓池。
He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show.
他伸手把香檳轉了一下,這樣它的商標就不會露出來。
(使)復蘇;(使)好轉
Turning the company around won't be easy.
盤活那家公司絕非易事。
In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions.
霍頓在英國石油公司漫長的職業生涯中曾經讓兩個部門整體上起死回生。
(尤指為指責別人或捍衛自己)話鋒突轉
I feel that if I say how tired I get, David will turn around and say, I told you so.
我感覺如果我說自己有多累,戴維就會指責我說,“我早就告訴過你了。”
2、improvise
臨時做;臨時湊成
You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise.
要做這個,你需要一口帶蒸籠篦子的鍋,如果沒有,就用別的臨時湊合一下。
The vet had improvised a harness.
獸醫臨時湊成了一副馬具。
即興表演;即興演奏;即興創作
I asked her what the piece was and she said,Oh, I'm just improvising.
我問她那一段是什么音樂,她說:“噢,我只是即興彈的。”
Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer.
理查德叔叔吟誦了《圣經》中的一章,又即興作了一段祈禱文。