词组 | revert |
释义 | revert Although revert back is frequently cited as a redundancy (see redundancy), its occurrence in edited writing is not rare: • ... would also revert back to Panama after a specified time —Current Biography, June 1968 • ... international conflict reverted back to a struggle between whole systems —Stephen A. Garrett, Center Mag., July/August 1971 • A conversion is always imminent; one cannot revert back to a lower level of consciousness —Joyce Carol Oates, Saturday Rev., November 1972 But our evidence does show that revert by itself occurs far more often: • ... to revert to the discussion of tragedy for a moment —Richard Schickel, Harper's, March 1971 • ... with the land reverting to forests —Jack Swed-berg, Massachusetts Wildlife, May-June 1976 • ... often revert to an earlier stage of their development —Changing Times, March 1980 |
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