turn around

振り向く、向きを変える

自分や物の向きを変える。反対向きにすることが多い。

やさしい英語で： To move yourself or something so that it faces a different direction, often the opposite one.

• Turn around and look at me.
• We turned the car around and drove home.
• Why did he turn around at the door?

使い方： turn around (Turn around and look behind you.); turn something around (She turned the chair around to face the window.)

類義語： turn, reverse direction

よく使う表現： turn around slowly, turn around completely, turn around something

立て直す、好転させる

うまくいかない状況を立て直し、成功へ導く。

やさしい英語で： To change a failing situation into a successful one.

• The team turned the game around.
• A new manager helped turn around the business.
• Can we turn this situation around before it is too late?

使い方： turn something around (The new coach turned the team’s season around.); turn around (After months of losses, the business began to turn around.)

類義語： rescue, revive, improve

よく使う表現： turn around something, turn around businesses

一変させる、逆転させる

物事を大きく変え、ときには以前と正反対にする。

やさしい英語で： To change something greatly, often to the opposite of what it was before.

• That experience turned my life around.
• He turned his position around and now supports the plan.
• Could better education turn these attitudes around?

使い方： turn something around (The experience turned her whole outlook around.)

類義語： transform, reverse, change radically

よく使う表現： turn around something, turn around completely

態度を変える、手のひらを返す

急に、以前の発言や行動と矛盾することを言ったりしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To suddenly say or do something different from what you said or did before.

• She agreed, then turned around and refused.
• He supported me yesterday but turned around and criticized me today.
• How can you turn around and blame us after approving the plan?

使い方： turn around and do something (He offered to help, then turned around and refused.)

類義語： change course, reverse oneself

よく使う表現： turn around suddenly, turn around later

別の視点で考える、捉え直す

問題や状況を別の視点から考え直す。

やさしい英語で： To look at a question or situation from a different point of view.

• Let us turn the question around.
• She turned the argument around to show another point of view.
• Can you turn this problem around and consider it from their side?

使い方： turn something around (Turn the question around and consider what the customer needs.)

類義語： reframe, reconsider

よく使う表現： turn around something, turn around arguments

生産する、仕上げる

通常、決められた期間内に製品を作ったり仕事を仕上げたりする。

やさしい英語で： To make or finish a number of products or pieces of work, usually within a particular time.

• We can turn around fifty orders today.
• The factory turned around a thousand units last week.
• How quickly can you turn around these reports?

使い方： turn around something in/by… (Our team can turn around these orders in two days.)

類義語： produce, complete

よく使う表現： turn around orders, turn around products