reversal of fortune

基本解释

The trend, which has taken place over the past generation, represents a reversal of fortune for women.
这种趋势在上一代人中已有苗头，如今是女性命运得以改变的一种表现。
Then, in an astonishing reversal of fortune inconceivable in the modern world but commonplace in those uncertain times, Babur gained an army.
然后，在一个在现代世界里不可思议，而在那个易变的时代里很普遍的惊人的运气逆转中，巴布尔获得了一支军队。
Young people today are staring at a future in which they will be less well off than their elders, a reversal of fortune that should send a shudder through everyone.
如今的年轻人都注视着未来，他们的生活也没有他们的长辈富裕，命运的逆转，将会使每一个人不寒而栗。

For the roughly 2, 800 citizens of Leadville, the sudden reversal of fortune has proved disappointing.
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LG, perhaps more than any other handset maker, hopes 2011 will bring a reversal of fortune.
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The reversal of fortune has been abrupt for former magnet states such as Florida and Nevada (see chart).
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