1、reversal
(過程、政策或趨勢的)反轉,倒轉,逆轉
The Financial Times says the move represents a complete reversal of previous US policy.
《金融時報》說此舉一反美國以往的政策。
This marked a 7% increase on the previous year and the reversal of a steady five-year downward trend.
這標志著在前一年基礎上有了7%的增長,扭轉了5年來持續下降的趨勢。
(角色的)交換,互換
When children end up taking care of their parents, it is a strange role reversal indeed.
當孩子們最終要照顧父母時,這的確是一種奇妙的角色互換。
(通常涉及金錢損失的)失敗,逆境,挫折
They teach managers to accept reversals as a fact of business life.
他們教給管理人員要將挫折視為生意上的平常事。
2、process
過程;進程
There was total agreement to start the peace process as soon as possible
全體一致同意盡快開始和平進程。
They decided to spread the building process over three years.
他們決定用3年時間建成。
(生物或化學的)變化過程
It occurs in elderly men, apparently as part of the ageing process.
這種情況出現在老年人當中,顯然是衰老過程的一部分。
The regularity with which this occurs suggests that the process is genetically determined.
這種現象出現的規律性表明這個過程是由基因決定的。
處理(信息)
facilities to process the data, and the right to publish the results.
處理數據的設備和公開其結果的權利
The information gathered by the telescopes will be processed by computers.
通過望遠鏡獲得的信息將由計算機進行處理。