turn of the tide

潮流的转折潮流的转折点潮流的转变潮流的转向

turn of the tide 的定义

  1. A reversal of fortune, as in This last poll marked the turn of the tide, with our candidate gaining a sizable majority. Similarly, to turn the tide means “reverse a situation,” as in The arrival of reinforcements turned the tide in the battle. This idiom transfers the ebb and flow of the ocean's tides to human affairs. Although the idea is much older, the precise idiom dates from the first half of the 1800s.

turn of the tide 近义词

turn of the tide

等同于 turning point

更多turn of the tide例句

  1. But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.
  2. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  3. So far, all the players seemed to be willing to wait their turn.
  4. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  5. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
  8. He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.
  9. Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
  10. Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!