1、turn around
(使)调转方向;(使)转向
Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond.
巴德把卡车掉头,开始返回多尔顿池。
He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show.
他伸手把香槟转了一下,这样它的商标就不会露出来。
(使)复苏;(使)好转
Turning the company around won't be easy.
盘活那家公司绝非易事。
In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions.
霍顿在英国石油公司漫长的职业生涯中曾经让两个部门整体上起死回生。
(尤指为指责别人或捍卫自己)话锋突转
I feel that if I say how tired I get, David will turn around and say, I told you so.
我感觉如果我说自己有多累,戴维就会指责我说,“我早就告诉过你了。”
2、improvise
临时做;临时凑成
You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise.
要做这个,你需要一口带蒸笼篦子的锅,如果没有,就用别的临时凑合一下。
The vet had improvised a harness.
兽医临时凑成了一副马具。
即兴表演;即兴演奏;即兴创作
I asked her what the piece was and she said,Oh, I'm just improvising.
我问她那一段是什么音乐,她说:“噢,我只是即兴弹的。”
Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer.
理查德叔叔吟诵了《圣经》中的一章,又即兴作了一段祈祷文。