revertive

• adj.revert的变形

revert[ri'və:t; 'ri:və:t]

• vi.
  • 回复；复旧；回返(常与to连用):

    After his divorce he reverted to his old habit of drinking.

    他离婚以后又恢复了喝酒的老毛病。

    After having talked about some household affairs for a long while, we reverted to the original topic.

    谈了半天家庭琐事以后，我们又回到原来的话题上。

  • 重新提到；重新想起(常与to连用)：

    He reverted to his point of view several times in the course of his speech.

    在他的讲演中，他又几次提到他的观点。

  • 【生物学】返祖遗传(常与to连用):

    to revert to the life of one's ancestors

    回复到祖先的生活状态

  • 【法律】(财产等)归还；归属(常与to连用)：

    After his death, his property will revert to the State.

    他死后，他的财产将归国家所有。

• vt.
  • 使回复原状
  • 把(目光)转回
• n.
  • 恢复原状者(尤指恢复原有信仰的人)
• 近义词:

  return

• 短语:
  • revert to type 返祖