flip-flops

英 [ˈflɪp flɒps]

美 [ˈflɪp flɑːps]

n.  人字拖鞋; 夹脚趾拖鞋
v.  改变观点; (尤指)转持相反观点，来一个180度的大转弯
flip-flop的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 人字拖鞋
  Flip-flopsare open shoes which are held on your feet by a strap that goes between your toes.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用thongs


• VERB (尤指政客)改变决定，转持相反观点
  If you say that someone, especially a politician,flip-flopson a decision, you are critical of them because they change their decision, so that they do or think the opposite.
  1. He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues...
     他因为在几个关键问题上临场变卦而备受批评。
  2. He seemed so sure of his decision, how could he flip-flop so dramatically now?
     他当时好像对自己的决定非常肯定，现在怎么会突然有如此巨大的转变呢？
  3. Flip-flopis also a noun.
     
  4. The President's flip-flops on taxes made him appear indecisive.
     总统在税收问题上的一再反复使他显得优柔寡断。

双语例句

• According to different sensitive transitions of flip-flops used in sequential circuits, design and analysis methods for asynchronous sequential circuits are proposed by using the combinatorial clock.
  本文根据电路中采用的触发器的不同敏感沿，提出采用组合时钟的异步时序电路的设计和分析方法。
• When we approached her on the street in Washington, D.C., she was on her way to work and wearing flip-flops.
  当我们在华盛顿特区的大街上走近她的时候，她正在上班的路上并且穿着拖鞋。
• Instead we got two nice beds, a TV and bathroom with complimentary soap, toothbrushes and flip-flops.
  可那的环境很好，两张好床，一部电视，配有香皂的冲凉房，还有牙刷。
• I would not expect people to wear shorts or flip-flops but I would never inspect what people are wearing.
  我估计不会有人穿短裤或夹趾拖鞋，但我也决不会去检查大家的衣着。
• Based on the binary mono-stable flip-flops, this paper proposes the design of quaternary mono-stable flip-flops.
  在二值单稳态触发器设计的基础上，提出了四值单稳态触发器的设计方案。
• Do not wear flip-flops or sneakers, unless you are interviewing to be a lead singer for a rock band.
  除非你是去面试摇滚乐队主唱，不然面试就别穿人字拖或运动鞋。
• Pick something practical over something cute, and be careful when it comes to flip-flops and sandals.
  只穿实用的，不穿可爱的，如果要穿凉拖和凉鞋的时候要特别小心。
• Denim, T-shirts and flip-flops all'90s phenoms are only acceptable in the most casual of work environments.
  粗斜纹棉布，圆领衬衣，拖鞋等等90后的特征，在非常随意的工作环境中才是可以的。
• I had made adjustments in my wardrobe at the first sign of warm weather, packing up my long coat, and wearing short sleeves, skirts and flip-flops whenever possible.
  天气刚一转暖，我就整理了衣柜，把长衣服收了起来，穿上了短袖衬衫、裙子和凉鞋。
• SSI chips are usually basic logic gates and flip-flops.
  小型集成电路通常是最基本的逻辑栅门。