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)革命首先在英國發(fā)生。
3. Those people go around preaching revolution.
   那些人到處宣揚革命。
4. In politics Britain has preferred evolution to revolution.
   在政治上，英國喜歡漸進而不喜歡革命。
5. The act of turning or the condition of being turned; rotation or revolution.
   轉動，旋轉轉動的動作或被轉動的狀況; 轉動或旋轉
6. The invention of aircraft caused a revolution in our ways of travelling.
   飛機的發(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)國家發(fā)生過反對政府的革命。

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，繞轉：圍繞一個點的軌道運動，尤指區(qū)別于繞軸旋轉的：
例句：
the planetary revolution about the sun.
行星繞太陽的旋轉

A turning or rotational motion about an axis.
旋轉：圍繞一軸的轉動或旋轉運動
A single complete cycle of such orbital or axial motion.
旋轉：這樣的沿軌道或繞軸運動的單個完整一周
The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another.See Synonyms at rebellion
革命：一個政府的顛覆及另一個政府的替代參見 rebellion
A sudden or momentous change in a situation:
大變革：在一情況下的突然或瞬時改變：
例句：
the revolution in computer technology.
計算機技術革命

Geology A time of major crustal deformation, when folds and faults are formed.
【地質學】 變革：褶皺和斷層形成時的重要的地殼運動期

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