turn the table 反败为胜
分类: 英语学习方法
“反败为胜”,汉语成语,意思是扭转败局,变为胜利(snatch a victory out of defeat;turn defeat into victory)。与英文俗语“turn the table”意思相同,表示“to change from being in a weaker position in relation to someone else to being in a stronger position”。
例句:
客队最终反败为胜。
The guest team turned the table (on the home team) and won the game finally.
去年他们以3:0击败了我们,但是这次我们以5:0反败为胜。
They beat us 3-0 last year, but we turned the tables on them this time — we won 5-0.