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reversion to noun
表示回到以前的状态。
The patient showed a reversion to the earlier symptoms.
病人显示出早期症状的回复。
恢复；回归；复原
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
恢复；回归；复原
The act of returning to a previous state or practice.
The patient showed a reversion to the earlier symptoms.
病人显示出早期症状的回复。
使某物恢复原状的行为或过程。
The act or process of reverting something.
恢复到先前状态或习俗的行为。
The action of returning to a former condition or practice.
被转向相反方向的事实。
The fact of being turned the reverse way.
将某物转向相反方向的行为。
The action of turning something the reverse way.
After years of hard work, the land underwent a reversion to its natural state.
经过多年的努力，这片土地恢复了自然状态。
The property will undergo a reversion to the original owner once the lease expires.
租赁期满后，该财产将归还给原所有者。
He claimed the reversion of the estate after his uncle's death.
他在叔叔去世后声称拥有该房产的继承权。
表示回到以前的状态。
The patient showed a reversion to the earlier symptoms.
病人显示出早期症状的回复。
常表示财产权益的归还。
The reversion of the property to the original owner was completed.
财产归还原所有者的手续已完成。
法律术语，指未来可取得的权益。
He holds the land in reversion after the tenant's death.
他在承租人死后享有这块土地的未来所有权。
Not this
The property will reversion to the state.
Use this
The property will revert to the state.
reversion 是名词，不能用作动词；表示'恢复原状'或'归还'时应用动词 revert。
Not this
There was a reversion in the original state.
Use this
There was a reversion to the original state.
表示'恢复到某种状态'时，reversion 后面应接介词 to，而不是 in。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
返祖；回复到原形态（或原行为）
The biologist observed a reversion to type in the domesticated plants.
这位生物学家在驯化植物中观察到了返祖现象。
向均值回归
Extreme test scores often show a reversion to the mean on retesting.
极端的考试成绩在重测时通常会向均值回归。
财产（所有权）归还
The contract specifies the reversion of property to the original owner after ten years.
合同规定十年后财产归还给原所有者。
恢复过去的做法
The committee warned against a reversion to past practices.
委员会警告不要恢复过去的做法。
退回到更早阶段
Critics saw the policy change as a reversion to an earlier stage of development.
批评者认为这项政策变化是退回到更早的发展阶段。
Use reversion naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 reversion 拆成 re-（回）+ version（版本）来记：回到旧版本就是“回归、复原”，也联想“反转、归还”。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律或契约文本、学术或技术写作、正式报告或文书 reversion 通常用于正式或专业语境，比较常见于法律、财产契约及学术技术文本；日常口语中较少使用。
All listed words share the stressed vowel and final /ʃən/, so they rhyme with reversion. Beware the lookalike 'revision' /rɪˈvɪʒən/, which has a different vowel and ends in /ʒən/, so it does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.