about-face
英 [əˈbaʊt feɪs]
美 [əˈbaʊt feɪs]
n. (态度或观点的)彻底改变，完全转变
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT （态度或观点的）彻底改变，大转变
Anabout-faceis a complete change of attitude or opinion.- Few observers believe the president will do an about-face and start spending more.
没有几个观察家认为总统会彻底改变态度而增加开支。
- Few observers believe the president will do an about-face and start spending more.
英英释义
noun
- a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
- an about-face on foreign policy
- act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
verb
- change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint
- turn, usually 180 degrees
双语例句
- His about-face on this issue has come as an earthquake.
他在这一问题上的彻底转变，好比一场地震。 - Few observers believe the president will do an about-face and start spending more.
没有几个观察家认为总统会彻底改变态度而增加开支。 - While film censorship isn't new in China, the abrupt about-face was unusual because controversial movies rarely make it through the approval process to begin with.
虽然电影审查在中国不算新鲜事，但这种临时禁播一部影片的做法并不常见，因为存在争议的影片很少能通过审查登陆院线。 - Go walk with the strikers, and you'll start to feel that the strike is less an about-face from July's atmosphere than a continuation of it.
和那些罢工的人走在一起，你就会开始感觉到与其说罢工是在重新转向世界杯期间那种氛围，不如说罢工就是世界杯氛围的延续。 - That was when a loud bray made me about-face once more.
就在这时，一只驴子的大叫声使我再次转过头来。 - In a stunning reversal, the technology giant made an abrupt about-face on some of the controversial features of its upcoming Xbox one console.
这家科技巨头的态度突然出现逆转，修改了即将上市的XboxOne游戏机中部分引发争议的功能。 - The latest measure marked an about-face from Barak's earlier stance.
巴拉克这一新举措与他早先的立场大相径庭。 - The about-face on anti-subsidy tariffs is unlikely to forestall the passage of more comprehensive China-bashing laws, which seems all but certain this year.
首先，反补贴税政策的变化很难避免国会通过内容更广泛的法案来打击中国。 - Soldiers, you should be facing north, not south. About-face! yelled the commander.
指挥官大喊：士兵们，你们应该面向北面，不是南面。转过去！ - Two wayward humpback whales have done an about-face and are headed back toward the Pacific Ocean.
两只任性的驼背鲸终于肯调头游向他们的家&太平洋。