名詞 revolution:

1. a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
2. the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
3. a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
   同義詞：rotation, gyration

1. Have you read the article on information revolution?
   你讀了有關(guān)信息革命的那篇文章沒有？
2. The industrial revolution had taken place in England first.
   工業(yè)革命首先在英國(guó)發(fā)生。
3. Those people go around preaching revolution.
   那些人到處宣揚(yáng)革命。
4. In politics Britain has preferred evolution to revolution.
   在政治上，英國(guó)喜歡漸進(jìn)而不喜歡革命。
5. The act of turning or the condition of being turned; rotation or revolution.
   轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)，旋轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)的動(dòng)作或被轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)的狀況; 轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)或旋轉(zhuǎn)
6. The invention of aircraft caused a revolution in our ways of travelling.
   飛機(jī)的發(fā)明引起了旅行方式的巨大改變。
7. Most countries have had revolutions aganist the government.
   大多數(shù)國(guó)家發(fā)生過反對(duì)政府的革命。

rev.o.lu.tion

n.Abbr. rev.（名詞）縮寫 rev.

Orbital motion about a point, especially as distinguished from axial rotation:
旋轉(zhuǎn)，繞轉(zhuǎn)：圍繞一個(gè)點(diǎn)的軌道運(yùn)動(dòng)，尤指區(qū)別于繞軸旋轉(zhuǎn)的：
例句：
the planetary revolution about the sun.
行星繞太陽(yáng)的旋轉(zhuǎn)

A turning or rotational motion about an axis.
旋轉(zhuǎn)：圍繞一軸的轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)或旋轉(zhuǎn)運(yùn)動(dòng)
A single complete cycle of such orbital or axial motion.
旋轉(zhuǎn)：這樣的沿軌道或繞軸運(yùn)動(dòng)的單個(gè)完整一周
The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another.See Synonyms at rebellion
革命：一個(gè)政府的顛覆及另一個(gè)政府的替代參見 rebellion
A sudden or momentous change in a situation:
大變革：在一情況下的突然或瞬時(shí)改變：
例句：
the revolution in computer technology.
計(jì)算機(jī)技術(shù)革命

Geology A time of major crustal deformation, when folds and faults are formed.
【地質(zhì)學(xué)】 變革：褶皺和斷層形成時(shí)的重要的地殼運(yùn)動(dòng)期

來源：
Middle English revolucioun
中古英語(yǔ) revolucioun
from Old French revolution
源自 古法語(yǔ) revolution
from Late Latin revolôtiô revolôtiôn-
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) revolôtiô revolôtiôn-
from Latin revolôtus [past participle of] revolvere [to turn over] * see revolve
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) revolôtus [] revolvere的過去分詞 [翻轉(zhuǎn)] *參見 revolve