turn the tables on

美 　英

• v.扭轉(zhuǎn)…的局面
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)扭轉(zhuǎn)局面；反撲；還治其人

英漢解釋

v.	1. 扭轉(zhuǎn)...的局面
un.	1. 轉(zhuǎn)而占...的上風(fēng)

例句

Steve's been ignoring you for too long, it's time to turn the tables on him.

史蒂夫已經(jīng)有太長的時間忽視了你，是該給他有所反擊的時候了。

So experts are proposing to turn the tables on this hungry predator.

所以，專家們提議對這種貪心的食肉動物發(fā)動反攻。

His whole mind was concentrated on one thing only- how to turn the tables on the enemy.

他的整個腦子都集中考慮一個問題，如何扭轉(zhuǎn)局勢，使之對敵人不利。

I'll turn the tables on you one day and punish you for all the wrongs you've done to my family.

總有一天我會報復(fù)你的，你對我家干了那么多壞事，我會懲罰你的。

Disregarding the shock on my face, he added that he could turn the tables on me too.

他毫不在意我臉上的錯愕，又說可以使我陷入被動的局面。

Perhaps the Fed chairman should turn the tables on members of Congress this week and ask what they are going to do about it.

貝南克或許應(yīng)該在這個星期反過來問國會議員，他們自己打算怎么辦。

We still have a chance to turn the tables on them at the last minute.

我們仍然有機(jī)會在最后關(guān)頭扭轉(zhuǎn)局勢。

They must use all their future-tech know-how to turn the tables on the Shredder or the city will go permanently haywire!

他們必須利用其所有未來高技術(shù)知道如何打開表的碎紙機(jī)或城市將永久失控！

Can we turn the tables on them?

我們能扭轉(zhuǎn)局勢使之對他們不利嗎？

If we score one more point then we will be ahead and we can turn the tables on the other team .

如果我們再多得一分，那麼我們就可以領(lǐng)先了，而且我們可以扭轉(zhuǎn)另一隊的情勢。

These and other astronomical discoveries turn the tables on our notions of the familiar and unfamiliar. Most of the galaxy is dark matter;

風(fēng)水輪流轉(zhuǎn)，這些天文發(fā)現(xiàn)讓我們知道，我們一直認(rèn)為所熟悉的其實并不是真的如我們所想。

The boys turn the tables on John when they took his school away and scored him When they took his squirt gun away and squirted him

約翰打算用噴水槍噴那些孩子，沒想到事與愿違，他們搶了他的槍滋了他一身水