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<< review queue entry 61987 - submitted by 'sl89' >> 【Wenlin】 v.o. change the course of events; retrieve a situation 【Pleco】 bring about a radical change in the situation; reverse the course of events 【LAC】 比喻将整个局面翻转过来。多指由逆转顺或由败转胜。 ～，开创新局。 【MoE】 乾坤, 指天地。扭轉乾坤比喻將局面整個轉變過來。通常是指由逆勢轉為順勢。如：「第九局下半的那支全壘打, 真是扭轉乾坤的一棒啊！」 即使分析家们预计危机就要到来，武汉的决策者们还在指望房地产的价格来扭转乾坤。 Mainly, Wuhan’s leaders are counting on property prices to continue defying gravity, even if some analysts predict a coming crash. 这是她最后的机会扭转乾坤。 This is her last opportunity to turn things around. 但是近代历史表明，技术能够瞬息万变，因此微软想要扭转乾坤尚为时未晚。 But recent history shows that technology can turn on a dime, so it’s not too late for Microsoft to turn things around. 挑战，无他，仅是一次扭转乾坤的机会。 A challenge is nothing but an opportunity turned upside down. 在选举过程中，奥巴马先生显示出一种扭转乾坤的能力。 On the campaign trail Mr Obama showed an impressive ability to change gears. 他并不指望广告在一夜之间就能扭转乾坤，并认为反日本车的策略是一条基本可行之路。 He never expected the ads to reverse the downward trend overnight and thinks the anti-Japanese strategy is basically the way to go. 更多的是身处低层的普通公务员，他们无望脱身，也无力扭转乾坤，目睹上司的种种作为，只感到痛苦和幻灭。 Beneath them are many more who have no hope of getting out, but – bitter and disillusioned by the behaviour of their superiors – are unable to turn things around. 因为各方激烈的竞争已经在过去的几年间蚕食了诺基亚不少的市场份额。而微软则担心，如果他们不能在这场战役中扭转乾坤，那么留给他们的就只能是一败涂地，永不能翻身的局面了。 Fierce competition has eroded Nokia's share of the market over the past year, and Microsoft fears that if it cannot get back in the game now, it may never manage it. ----------------------------------------------------------- Editor: Thanks. A few more examples: 鄧在這種惡劣局勢下起了扭轉乾坤的作用， In these adverse conditions, Deng succeeded in turning the situation around. 面對這樣一個未知世界，出版業該如何吸引讀者目光，令人困擾；面對未來沒有正確答案，順「勢」而為，才能扭轉乾坤。 Faced with such an uncertain future, publishers are understandably concerned about how to entice readers. But an unknowable future with no correct answers can only be navigated by yielding to the greater ebb and flow, and dealing with each hurdle as it arises. 才讓這間承載夢想的小廠扭轉乾坤，進而增聘2位員工。 Only then were their dreams were finally vindicated and their fortunes reversed – they even found themselves able to hire two additional employees. |
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# 扭轉乾坤 扭转乾坤 [niu3 zhuan3 qian2 kun1] /to turn things around/to completely reverse a situation/ + 扭轉乾坤 扭转乾坤 [niu3 zhuan3 qian2 kun1] /lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)/fig. to change the course of events/to turn things around/ |