c. 1300, "to come to oneself again," from Old French revertir "return, change back," from Vulgar Latin *revertire, variant of Latin revertere "turn back, turn about; come back, return," from re- "back" (see re-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Of position or property from mid-15c.; application to customs and ideas is from 1610s.
实用例句
1. Garden plants sometimes revert to type.
园艺植物有时会恢复其原来的野生形态.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness.
返回岸上后，救生衣就会瘪掉，恢复成背带状。
来自柯林斯例句
3. They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.
他们将回归到用老方法耕地。
来自辞典例句
4. Must he revert to Ellen always?
难道他非提到母亲不行?
来自飘（部分）
5. Peasants were allowed to adhere or revert to individual farming in Poland.
