turn over

phrasal verbphr v

a) turn something over to somebodyRESPONSIBLE to give someone the right to own something, or to make someone responsible for dealing with something 把所有权交给某人；交托某人负责某事

He’ll turn the shop over to his son when he retires.

他退休后将把商店交给儿子经营。

turn the matter/problem/responsibility etc over to somebody

I’m turning the project over to you.

我要把项目交给你负责。

b) turn something over to something to use land, a building etc for a different purpose 把…改用于…

There is a new plan to turn the land over to wind farming.

有一个新的计划，要把这块土地进行改造用于风力发电。

c) turn somebody over to somebodySCGIVE to take a criminal to the police or another official organization 把某人交给警方[官方]

Suspected terrorists are immediately turned over to the law.

恐怖分子疑犯会被立即送交法办。

d) turn over somethingB if a business turns over a particular amount of money, it earns that amount in a particular period of time 〔营业额〕达到某数额

Within ten years the theme park was turning over £20 million.

10年里，这座主题公园的营业额达到了2,000万英镑。

→ turnover

e) if an engine turns over, or if someone turns it over, it starts to work （使）〔引擎〕发动

The engine turned over twice and then stopped.

引擎发动了两次，然后熄火了。

f) British EnglishBrETURN to turn a page in a book or a sheet of paper to the opposite side 翻页

Turn over and look at the next page.

翻过去看下一页。

g) British EnglishBrETCB to change to another channel on a television 转换电视频道

Can we turn over? There’s a film I want to see.

我们换个频道好吗？有一部电影我想看。

h) turn something over British EnglishBrE to search a place thoroughly or steal things from it, making it very untidy 彻底搜查某处；〔为偷东西〕翻箱倒柜

Burglars had been in and turned the whole house over.

盗贼进来过，把整座房子翻了个底朝天。

→ turn over a new leaf at leaf1(3), → turn something over in your mind at mind1(17)

Examples from the Corpus

turn over• The bed squeaks every time I turn over.• She turned the envelope over and began making notes on the back.• The car smashed into the post, turned over, and burst into flames.• Turn over and I'll give you a massage.• He opened his eyes and turned over on his side, facing her.• The train was travelling so fast that when it came off the rails it turned over onto its roof.• The children were turning over the rocks to see what was underneath.• Do not turn your exam papers over until I tell you to.

turn something over to somebody• I turned him over to find he was already dead.• Within a few years the increased prosperity of the yard had so impressed John Shuttleworth that he turned the business over to him.• Graeme did all the cooing at first but has now turned his saucepans over to his talented young apprentice, Steve Webb.• Some lawmakers have even called for turning its functions over to private industry.• He took her hand and turned it over to see the small, uplifted palm.• The Marshal would have liked to turn this problem over to the Captain who could have applied some brains to it.• Then he turned the program over to the five panelists who sat behind him on the stage.• I wanted them to see that the team was all of us, to turn it over to them for safekeeping.

turn something over to something• I turned him over to find he was already dead.• Within a few years the increased prosperity of the yard had so impressed John Shuttleworth that he turned the business over to him.• Graeme did all the cooing at first but has now turned his saucepans over to his talented young apprentice, Steve Webb.• Some lawmakers have even called for turning its functions over to private industry.• He took her hand and turned it over to see the small, uplifted palm.• The Marshal would have liked to turn this problem over to the Captain who could have applied some brains to it.• Then he turned the program over to the five panelists who sat behind him on the stage.• I wanted them to see that the team was all of us, to turn it over to them for safekeeping.

turn somebody over to somebody• I turned him over to find he was already dead.• Within a few years the increased prosperity of the yard had so impressed John Shuttleworth that he turned the business over to him.• Graeme did all the cooing at first but has now turned his saucepans over to his talented young apprentice, Steve Webb.• Some lawmakers have even called for turning its functions over to private industry.• He took her hand and turned it over to see the small, uplifted palm.• The Marshal would have liked to turn this problem over to the Captain who could have applied some brains to it.• Then he turned the program over to the five panelists who sat behind him on the stage.• I wanted them to see that the team was all of us, to turn it over to them for safekeeping.

→ turn over at turn1(PHRASAL VERB)

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