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tables /ˈteɪblz/► SEE ALLturn the tables (on sb)wait (on) tables
●turn the ˈtables (on sb)do sth which means that you now have an advantage over sb who previously had an advantage over you 翻盘；转败为胜；扭转局势；转弱为强◆They beat us 3-0 last year, but we turned the tables on them this year — we won 5-0.
去年他们以 3:0 打败了我们，但是今年我们报了一箭之仇，以 5:0 获胜。 NOTE If two people are playing a board game on a table and then one of them turns the table around, the two players will exchange positions in the game so that the person who was losing will now be winning. 当两个人在桌上玩棋类游戏时，如果其中一人将桌子转过来，两个人就会交换游戏的位置，原本要输的人现在就会获胜。 ●wait (on) ˈtables (NAmE) work serving food to people in a restaurant （在餐馆）端盘子，招待顾客◆I wait on tables at a restaurant near my apartment.我在公寓附近的一家餐馆里端盘子。◆She worked her way through college waiting tables.她靠在餐馆端盘子读完了大学。 |