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单词 turn to someone/something
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turn tosomeone/something

phrasal verbwithturnverb
uk
/tɜːn/us
/tɝːn/
B2
toaskapersonororganizationforhelporsupport:
Without someone toturntoforadvice, making the mostappropriatechoicecan bedifficult.
Herfamilylivedalongway away, and she hadno one toturnto.
More examples
  • I have always beenabletoturnto myparentswhen I've had aproblem.
  • Hefelthe had no-one toturnto.
  • Heturnedto hisfriendforfinancialsupport.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Trusting and not trusting
  • (you can) depend on/upon itidiom
  • accept/takesomethingon faithidiom
  • bank
  • bank onsomeone/something
  • believe
  • believe insomething
  • count
  • distrustful
  • faith
  • have faith!idiom
  • I wouldn't trustsomeoneas far as I could throwthemidiom
  • keep faith withsomething/someoneidiom
  • lean
  • non-confidence
  • not trustsomeonean/one inchidiom
  • put/placeyourfaith insomething/someoneidiom
  • reliance
  • reliant
  • untrustworthiness
  • untrustworthy
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turn tosomething

phrasal verbwithturnverb
uk
/tɜːn/us
/tɝːn/
tostartto do or use somethingbad,especiallybecause you areunhappy:
Sheturnedtodrugsafter thebreak-upof hermarriage.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Using and misusing
  • adopt
  • adoption
  • avail
  • availyourselfofsomething
  • be/go heavy onsomethingidiom
  • exhaust
  • go through
  • gobblesomethingup
  • make capital out ofsomethingidiom
  • max
  • max out
  • spare
  • spent
  • swallow
  • tap
  • trade onsomething
  • turn over
  • turn/usesomethingto good accountidiom
  • unblock
  • underuse
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turn(something)tosomething

phrasal verbwithturnverb
uk
/tɜːn/us
/tɝːn/
If youturnto aparticularsubject, or youturnyourthoughtsorattentionto it, youbegintospeak,think, or write about it:
I'd like us now toturnourattentionto next year'sbudget.
We're now going toturnto anissuethatconcernsus all -racism.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dealing with things or people
  • attend tosomeone/something
  • be all over itidiom
  • beard the lion (inhis/herden)idiom
  • bed
  • come/get to grips withsomethingidiom
  • cut
  • fire
  • have it out withsomeoneidiom
  • hold onidiom
  • I/I've got thisidiom
  • ill-prepared
  • jump-start
  • overcome
  • tough
  • toughsomethingout
  • turn
  • unprocessed
  • weather
  • weather the stormidiom
  • you/you've got thisidiom
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(Definition ofturn to someone/somethingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

turn to someone| American Dictionary

turn tosomeone

phrasal verbwithturnverb
us
/tɜrn/

(GET HELP)

to gethelpfrom someone:
You can always turn to me forhelpif you need it.

turn tosomething

phrasal verbwithturnverb
us
/tɜrn/

(CONSIDER)

tothinkabout orbegintoconsidersomething:
Ithinkwe’vespentenoughtimeon thisissue– let’s turn to the newbusinessnow.

turn tosomething

phrasal verbwithturnverb
us
/tɜrn/

(FIND PAGE)

toopenabookto aparticularpage:
Turn topage27.
(Definition ofturn to someonefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

turn to sb/sth| Business English

turn to sb/sth

phrasal verbwithturnverb[IorT]
uk
/tɜːn/us
to go to someone or something to gethelpwith adifficultsituation:
Investorsturnedto thebondmarketstotryandincreasetheirreturns.
(Definition ofturn to sb/sthfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofturn to someone/something

turn to someone/something
I nowturntothe cases of denominal verbs whose medial consonant is [j] or [v].
From theCambridge English Corpus
I'llturntoconsider what "possible" means here in a moment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Given these preliminaries, we canturntothe deadjectival nouns.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To illustrate, let usturntoa brief summary of each chapter.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We nowturntothe cyclical traditions of hegemonic and power transition.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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