revolve

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re·volve /rɪˈvɒlv $ rɪˈvɑːlv/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

1 TURNto move around like a wheel, or to make something move around like a wheel （使）旋转 → revolution, turn

The wheel began to revolve.

轮子开始旋转。

The restaurant slowly revolves, giving excellent views of the city.

餐厅缓缓旋转，城市美景尽收眼底。

Using graphics software, you can revolve the image on the screen.

使用绘图软件可以旋转屏幕上的图像。

2 revolve around somebody/something (also revolve round somebody/something British English) phrasal verbphr v

a) [not in progressive]ABOUT to have something as a main subject or purpose 以…为主题[目的]；围绕

Jane’s life revolves around her children.

简的生活就是围着孩子转。

The argument revolved around costs.

争论的焦点是费用问题。

She seems to think that the world revolves around her (=that she is the only important person).

她似乎认为整个世界都以她为中心。

b) TURNto move in circles around something 围绕…旋转

The Moon revolves around the Earth.

月亮绕着地球转。

Examples from the Corpus

revolve around • I believe it revolved around Claudine Phan.• Daily activities come to revolve around getting more drugs for the next dose.• Her life revolves around her children, she said.• Health education will have to revolve around the adoption of safer practices.• Kurz had elaborate theories about art, all of which seemed to revolve around the beauty of the nude figure.• There is nothing remarkable about the plot, which revolves around the classic love triangle.• His whole sensibility revolves around the fact that he was born white and is now a cop.• In my opinion, the books revolve around this central feeling of loss.

the world revolves around• You see, for me the world revolves around food.• Am I just so narrow that I believe the world revolves around Kip?

Examples from the Corpus

revolve• For many, the critical point in the conflict will revolve around giving up work.• Other reasons revolve around the changing demands and expectations of consumers and their agents.• His whole sensibility revolves around the fact that he was born white and is now a cop.• Yannis Kokkos' sets keep revolving for 110 minutes.• A green and blue mobile revolved slowly above our heads.• Piper leaned backwards, staggering, and watched the room revolve until his brain seemed to hum with the motion.

From Longman Business Dictionary

revolvere·volve /rɪˈvɒlvrɪˈvɑːlv/ verb [transitiveT]

BANKING to make loan repayments of less than the full amount due each month

Banks make money on the interest rates they charge cardholders who revolve their balances.

Origin revolve

(1300-1400) Latin revolvere “to roll back, cause to return”, from volvere “to roll”

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