revolutions

英 [ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənz]

美 [ˌrɛvəˈluʃənz]

n.  革命; 巨变; 大变革; (环绕中心点的)旋转; (尤指)天体运行
revolution的复数

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

双语例句

• They refer to the so-called "rising tide of expectations" that has historically fuelled protests and revolutions.
  他们提到，“期望涨潮”历来会激发抗议和革命。
• This means that the crankshaft will make two revolutions for every revolution of the camshaft.
  这意味着凸轮轴每旋转一次曲轴将旋转两次。
• Some experts say this new understanding is one of the most important revolutions in scientific thought.
  一些专家认为，这个新的认识是科学思想上的最重要的变革之一。
• But thanks to these revolutions, we might now actually find out something about Arab countries.
  不过多亏了这些革命，我们也许总算对阿拉伯国家有了一些了解。
• Use this circuit to control the speed of revolutions of your drilling mill or bench drill.
  使用这个电路来控制你的钻磨或台钻革命的速度。
• The great revolutions in modern and contemporary China have emerged and grown on the basis of these basic contradictions.
  伟大的近代和现代的中国革命，是在这些基本矛盾的基础之上发生和发展起来的。
• Meanwhile, in the postwar decades, the West underwent a series of consumer revolutions.
  而与此同时，西方在战后数十年经历了一连串的消费者革命。
• This is the stuff of actual revolutions.
  这正是真正具有变革性意义的东西。
• As far as I know, China has had only two really great political and social revolutions.
  据我所知，中国只出现过两次真正伟大的政治社会革命。
• The first and second waves he refers to are the agricultural and the industrial revolutions.
  他所提出的第一和第二波分别是农业和工业革命。