āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to turn on
/tÉËn ÉËn/
/tÉËn Én/
to turn on
[phrase form: turn]
01
āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause a machine, device, or system to start working or flowing, usually by pressing a button or turning a switch
Transitive: to turn on a device or system
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you help me turn on the TV? I ca n't find the remote.
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ? āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļāϤā§āϰā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĒāύā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āĻž
to become unfriendly or hostile toward someone or something
Transitive: to turn on sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He turned on his business partner when the deal fell through.
āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻāĻļā§āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āĻā§āϞā§āύāĨ¤
03
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to rely on external conditions or factors
Transitive: to turn on an external condition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The effectiveness of the strategy turns solely on timely execution.
āĻā§āĻļāϞā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻļā§āϧā§āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϤ⧠āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
04
āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to make someone feel excited or stimulated
Transitive: to turn on sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His passionate speech turned on the audience, inspiring a standing ovation.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦā§āĻāĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖ āĻŦāĻā§āϤā§āϤāĻž āĻļā§āϰā§āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§āĻļāύ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ.
05
āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āĻŦāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause someone to feel sexual attraction or excitement
Culturally sensitive
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I ca n't believe how quickly he got turned on by that compliment.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āύāĻž āϝ⧠āϏ⧠āĻāϤ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āϏā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āϞāĨ¤
Turn on
01
āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ, āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāύāĻž
a characteristic, behavior, or feature that increases sexual or romantic attraction toward someone
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Confidence is such a turn on for many people.
āĻāϤā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāĻāĨ¤
āύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ



























