Turn系列短语是英语中常用的表示“转弯、转移、变化”等意思的短语。其中，包括turn off, turn on, turn into, turn up等等多种短语。以下是对这些短语的具体辨析：

1. turn off / turn on 或 switch off/ switch on 这是一组常用来表示“开关”、“关掉”等意思的短语。
例如：
– Please turn off the lights when you leave the room.
– I turn on the TV every morning to watch the news.

2. turn into / turn out to be 这是一组常用来表示“变成”、“变为”等意思的短语。
例如：
– The caterpillar will turn into a butterfly.
– It turned out to be a beautiful day.

3. turn up / turn down 这是一组常用来表示“调大”、“调小”音量等意思的短语。
例如：
– Could you please turn up the volume? I can’t hear it clearly.
– You need to turn down the music. It’s too loud.

4. turn over / turn around 这是一组常用来表示“翻转”、“转身”等意思的短语。
例如：
– You need to turn over the pancake after one minute.
– The car suddenly turned around and went in the opposite direction.

注意事项：

1. 这组短语多数是及物动词，即需要加宾语。一般来说，代词放中间，如果是名词，则放中间或后面都可，例如：turn it off，turn the TV off, turn off the TV
2. 有些短语可以表达的含义比较复杂，需要结合上下文理解。

Mindmap解析

习题-Exercises

1. Could you please ______ the fan? I’m feeling hot.
2. I can’t believe that a frog can ______ a prince.
3. Don’t forget to ______ the lights before leaving the office.
4. The cake I made last night ______ to be a disaster.
5. The phone rang loudly, so I quickly ______ the volume.
6. When we saw the snake, we ______ and ran away.
7. This is a difficult question, so I will ______ it ______ to you.
8. We need to ______ the sofa to fit it through the door.
9. The little girl was nervous, so her mother ______ her ______ to comfort her.
10. His behavior at the party ______ me ______.

答案：

1. turn on
2. turn into
3. turn off
4. turned out
5. turned down
6. turned around
7. turn, over
8. turn over
9. turned, around
10. turned, off

Turn的短语辨析最先出现在Clarissa Study。