turn to

başvurmak, yardım istemek

Yardım veya tavsiye almak için bir kişiye veya kuruluşa başvurmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To ask a person or organization for help or advice.

• You can turn to me for help.
• He turned to a lawyer for advice.
• Who did you turn to when things went wrong?

Nasıl kullanılır: turn to someone for something (She turned to her sister for advice.)

Eş anlamlılar: ask, consult, seek help from

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: turn to someone, turn to friends, turn to experts

dönüşmek

Başka bir şeye veya farklı bir duruma dönüşmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To change into a different thing or state.

• The water turned to ice.
• Their joy soon turned to sadness.
• The abandoned building has turned to dust.

Nasıl kullanılır: turn to something (The puddles turned to ice overnight.)

Eş anlamlılar: become, turn into

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: turn to dust, turn to ice, turn to anger

yönelmek, başvurmak

Zor bir durumla başa çıkmak için bir şeyi kullanmaya veya bir şey yapmaya başlamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To begin using something or doing something to deal with a difficult situation.

• She turned to music during a lonely winter.
• Some people turn to alcohol when they feel anxious.
• He had turned to stealing to feed his family.

Nasıl kullanılır: turn to something (After losing his job, he turned to gambling.); turn to doing something (They turned to selling their belongings to pay the rent.)

Eş anlamlılar: resort to

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: turn to alcohol, turn to crime, turn to something

yönelmek, ele almak

Belirli bir konuya veya işe dikkatini ya da çabasını vermeye başlamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To begin giving your attention or effort to a particular subject or activity.

• Let us turn to the next question.
• After lunch, we turned to planning the trip.
• He turned to painting late in life.

Nasıl kullanılır: turn to something (The discussion turned to the cost of the project.); turn to doing something (She turned to writing stories after retirement.)

Eş anlamlılar: focus on, take up, address

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: turn to writing, turn to something, turn to business

dönüştürmek

Bir kişiyi veya şeyi başka bir şeye ya da farklı bir duruma dönüştürmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make someone or something change into a different thing or state.

• The cold turned the water to ice.
• The fire turned our furniture to ash.
• In the story, a spell turned the prince to stone.

Nasıl kullanılır: turn someone/something to something (The fire turned the papers to ash.)

Eş anlamlılar: transform, turn into, convert

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: turn something to dust, turn someone to stone, turn something to ash

işe koyulmak

Özellikle denizcilere görevleri söylendiğinde, gayretle çalışmaya başlamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To begin working hard, especially when sailors are told to do their jobs.

• The captain ordered the crew to turn to.
• We turned to and cleaned the deck.
• Everyone must turn to before the ship leaves.

Eş anlamlılar: get to work, set to

Zıt anlamlılar: stop work

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: turn to now, turn to immediately, turn to again