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EuroVox | 07.04.2008 | 05:30
Cosmetic Surgery Is On The Rise -- And So Are Reversals
Over 32,000 cosmetic augmentations were carried out in Great Britain last year -- 12 percent more than the year before. But cosmetic surgeons worry that the public are not considering the risks.
Stars the likes of Priscilla Presley and Courtney Love are not the only ones desperate to have surgeons fix the face lift and lip implant mistakes other doctors have made.
Eurovox's Kateri Jochum speaks with Nigel Mercer of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, who says that more public awareness and tighter regulations on who should be allowed to nip and tuck is necessary.
SEOUL, South Korea — In this city’s Apgujeong district, famous for its high-end boutiques and plastic surgeons, tourist buses unload Chinese and Japanese visitors looking for a nip and tuck as part of their packaged tour.
a nip (here) and a tuck (there)
1 US INFORMAL a series of small reductions:
The department made a nip here and a tuck there, but they were still way over budget.
2 INFORMAL plastic surgery:
I suspect she's had a nip and tuck to look like that at her age.
nip and tuck MAINLY US
If a competition is nip and tuck, first one side seems to be winning and then the other, so that the result is uncertain:
It was nip and tuck as to who would win the playoffs, but Denver's determination helped them to beat a tough Washington team.
reverse Show phonetics
verb [I or T]
to (cause something to) go backwards, or to change the direction, order, position, result, etc. of something to its opposite:
MAINLY UK She reversed (US USUALLY backed) (the car) into the parking space.
The new manager hoped to reverse the decline in the company's fortunes.
Now that you have a job and I don't, our situations are reversed.
The Court of Appeal reversed the earlier judgment and set him free.
reverse
noun
1 the reverse the opposite of what has been suggested:
The teachers say my son is slow, but I believe the reverse (is true).
2 the reverse the back of a coin, medal, etc:
The English £1 coin has a royal coat of arms on the reverse.
3 [U] (ALSO reverse gear) the method of controlling a vehicle that makes it go backwards:
To go backwards, you must put the car in/into reverse (gear).
4 [C] FORMAL a defeat or failure:
They suffered a serious military/political reverse.
reversal Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 when something changes to its opposite:
He demanded a reversal of the previous decision/policy.
2 a problem or failure:
We have suffered a couple of minor/temporary reversals.
reversible Show phonetics
adjective
1 If something is reversible, it can be changed back to what it was before.
2 describes clothes that can be worn so that the inside becomes the outside:
a reversible raincoat
re・verse
━━ vt. 逆にする, 裏返す; 逆転［逆流，交換］する; 一変する; 【法】取消す.
━━ vi. 逆になる［回る］, 戻る.
reverse arms （葬式などで）銃を逆さに担う.
reverse the charges 料金先方払いで電話をかける.
━━ a. 逆の ((to)); 逆転の; （自動車のギアが）後退の; 裏の.
in reverse order 逆の順序で.
━━ n. （the ～） 反対; （the ～） （貨幣・メダルなどの）裏; 逆（回り）; 逆進［後退］装置, バックギア; （車を）バックさせながら曲がること （reverse turn）; 不幸.
in reverse 逆の［に］; （車が）バックギアになって; 背面に.
re・ver・sal
━━ n. 逆転, 反転; 不運.
reversed charge 〔英〕 ＝collect call.
reverse discrimination 逆差別.
reverse-engineer ━━ vt., n. 逆行組成（を行う）, 分解模倣（する） ((他社製品を分解・分析して設計技術を取り込むこと)).
reverse engineering 分解工学.
reverse gear 逆進［後退］装置, バックギア.
re・verse・ly ━━ ad. 逆に; これに反して.
reverse osmosis 【化】逆浸透 ((半透膜を用いて塩水から純水を得る方法)).
reverse Polish notation 【コンピュータ】逆ポーランド記法 ((数式記法の一つ；略RPN)).
reverse print 【コンピュータ】反転印刷.
reverse racism （白人層への）逆人種差別.
reverse stock split 【株】株式併合.
reverse takeover 【株】逆買収, 逆乗っ取り ((小さな会社がより大きな会社を買収すること)).
reverse transcriptase 【遺伝】逆転写酵素.
reverse transcription 【生化】(RNAからDNAへの）逆転写.
reverse video 【コンピュータ】反転映像 ((画面上で，背景部分と，文字やカーソルの色とを逆にすること)).
re・vers・i・ble ━━ a., n. 逆［裏返し］にできる; 取消しできる; 両面着用できる服.
re・vers・i・bil・i・ty n. 逆にできること, 可逆性; 取消し可能（性）.
re・vers・i・ble・ness n.
reversible process 【物】可逆過程.
reversing light （車の）後退灯.
━━ vi. 逆になる［回る］, 戻る.
reverse arms （葬式などで）銃を逆さに担う. reverse the charges 料金先方払いで電話をかける.━━ a. 逆の ((to)); 逆転の; （自動車のギアが）後退の; 裏の.
in reverse order 逆の順序で.━━ n. （the ～） 反対; （the ～） （貨幣・メダルなどの）裏; 逆（回り）; 逆進［後退］装置, バックギア; （車を）バックさせながら曲がること （reverse turn）; 不幸.
in reverse 逆の［に］; （車が）バックギアになって; 背面に. re・ver・sal ━━ n. 逆転, 反転; 不運. reversed charge 〔英〕 ＝collect call. reverse discrimination 逆差別. reverse-engineer ━━ vt., n. 逆行組成（を行う）, 分解模倣（する） ((他社製品を分解・分析して設計技術を取り込むこと)).reverse engineering 分解工学.
reverse gear 逆進［後退］装置, バックギア. re・verse・ly ━━ ad. 逆に; これに反して. reverse osmosis 【化】逆浸透 ((半透膜を用いて塩水から純水を得る方法)). reverse Polish notation 【コンピュータ】逆ポーランド記法 ((数式記法の一つ；略RPN)). reverse print 【コンピュータ】反転印刷. reverse racism （白人層への）逆人種差別. reverse stock split 【株】株式併合. reverse takeover 【株】逆買収, 逆乗っ取り ((小さな会社がより大きな会社を買収すること)). reverse transcriptase 【遺伝】逆転写酵素. reverse transcription 【生化】(RNAからDNAへの）逆転写. reverse video 【コンピュータ】反転映像 ((画面上で，背景部分と，文字やカーソルの色とを逆にすること)). re・vers・i・ble ━━ a., n. 逆［裏返し］にできる; 取消しできる; 両面着用できる服.re・vers・i・bil・i・ty n. 逆にできること, 可逆性; 取消し可能（性）.
re・vers・i・ble・ness n.
reversible process 【物】可逆過程.
reversing light （車の）後退灯.
