turn around

中文： 转身

1. To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount. · At the end of the road, we turned around and walked back to the hotel.· The world turns around once every twenty-four hours.
2. To change drastically in a fundamental way, often for the better; to change to the opposite (opinion or position). (figuratively, transitive) · She turned her position around and now she is in favor of the merger.
3. To reverse an expected outcome (of a game, etc.), usually from a losing outcome to a winning one; to return (a business, department, etc.) to effectiveness, profitability, etc. (transitive) · The new management team has really turned the company around 180 degrees, and they expect a good profit next year.· The team really turned it around in the second half for a great win.
4. To convert (an agent) to work for one's own side. (transitive)
5. To suddenly change or reverse one's opinion, point of view, stated position, behaviour, etc. (colloquial, intransitive) · You can't just turn around and say that it was all my fault.
6. To consider from a different viewpoint. (transitive) · Let's turn that around and look at it from another angle.
7. (often with a unit of time) To produce; to output; to generate. (colloquial, transitive) · We can turn around 500 units by next week.