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
- 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！ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - A reversal, as in policy; an about-face.
向后转转向反面，如在政策上；大转变。 - 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。 - 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。 - It was an about-face for Moyal, a member of the hawkish Likud Party, who has been calling for the army to invade Gaza to end the rocket attacks.
他发出的呼吁和他以往的立场不一样。穆瓦亚尔过去一直呼吁以色列军队入侵加沙地带，从而结束火箭袭击。 - The World Bank president's warning followed a dramatic about-face on Asia's growth prospects by the International Monetary Fund, which was clearly taken by surprise by the region's strong performance in the past six months.
佐利克发出上述警告之前，国际货币基金组织（IMF）大幅改变了其对亚洲增长前景的预测。亚洲地区过去6个月的强劲表现，显然令IMF感到吃惊。 - A few days later he made an about-face.
几天以后，他变了卦。