revert

revert
verb
  1. [no obj.](revert to)return to (a previous state, condition, practice, etc.)
    （指向原来状况、情况或做法）回复，恢复
    he reverted to his native language.
    他又恢复用他的本族语。
    ■return to (a previous topic)
    返回到（前面的话题）
    he ignored her words by reverting to the former subject.
    他没理会她的话，又回到前面的话题。
    ■(Biology)return to (a former or ancestral type)
    (生)回复突变；返祖遗传
    it is impossible that a fishlike mammal will actually revert to being a true fish.
    像鱼的哺乳动物回复成真正的鱼，这是不可能的。
    ■(Law)(of property) return or pass to (the original owner) by reversion
    (律)（财产）归还（原所有者）
    ■[with obj.](archaic)turn (one's eyes or steps) back
    (古)把（目光，脚步）转向后面
    on reverting our eyes, every step presented some new and admirable scene.
    转头一看，每迈一步都有新的美景。
派生
reverter
noun
  1. (Law)(律)
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French revertir or Latin revertere 'turn back'. Early senses included 'recover consciousness', 'return to a position', and 'return to a person (after estrangement)'
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