revert

• vi. 回复；重提；返祖遗传；归还
• vt. 使回复原状
• n. 恢复原状者
• n. (Revert)人名；(西)雷韦特；(法)勒韦尔

re-,向后，往回，-vert,转，词源同 pervert,perverse.

revert (v.)

c. 1300, "to come to oneself again," from Old French revertir "return, change back," from Vulgar Latin *revertire, variant of Latin revertere "turn back, turn about; come back, return," from re- "back" (see re-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Of position or property from mid-15c.; application to customs and ideas is from 1610s.

1. Garden plants sometimes revert to type.

园艺植物有时会恢复其原来的野生形态.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness.

返回岸上后，救生衣就会瘪掉，恢复成背带状。

来自柯林斯例句

3. They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.

他们将回归到用老方法耕地。

来自辞典例句

4. Must he revert to Ellen always?

难道他非提到母亲不行?

来自飘（部分）

5. Peasants were allowed to adhere or revert to individual farming in Poland.

波兰允许农民坚持或倒退到个体农业.

来自辞典例句