英语词典

about-face的意思

about-face


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  • n.突然改变(看法,立场等);向后转(的动作)
  • v.向后转
  • 网络度大转弯;彻底改变;大转变

近义词

    n.shift,conversion,turnaround

英汉释义

  • n.

    1.突然改变(看法,立场等)

    2.向后转(的动作)

  • v.

    1.向后转

英英释义

  • n.

    1.a complete change in the way you behave or think about something

    2.the action of turning your whole body quickly so that you are facing in the opposite direction. This is often an instruction given to soldiers

  • v.

    1.to turn to face in the opposite direction

英汉例句

  • 1.He said the parties had agreed to take action against the army chief, but later made an about face.

    他说,各政党本来一致同意对军队参谋长采取行动,但后来却完全背叛这个意见。

  • 2.But a sudden surge of energy brought him about face as a couple of tourists and their children asked him to post for some pictures.

    但是几个游客及他们的孩子们要跟他合影,由此突然激发起来的热情,立即使他振作起来。

  • 3.His choice of that house was an about face from his original intention.

    他选择这个房子的念头是改变主意后的决定,和原来不一样。

  • 4.The authority seems to have done a complete about - face on the policy of birth control .

    政府在计划生育政策上好像已经完全拉下面子。

  • 5.Really an about face since they vetoed the last resolution against Syria, along with Russia . Those two usually side with Iran as well.

    在他们和俄罗斯一起否决上一份制裁叙利亚的决议后,中国真的完全变卦了。他们俩总是站在伊朗那边。

  • 6.Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman will do an about-face on the bank's 'lower risk' corporate nike jordan shoes strategy.

    摩根士丹利首席执行长戈尔曼将给该行所谓“降低风险”的策略来个大掉头。

  • 7.The government decided to buy them out at about face value, said people familiar with the matter.

    知情人士说,政府决定以大约相当于票面价值的价格买断他们的债权。

  • 8.Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman will do an about-face on the bank's 'lower risk' corporate strategy.

    摩根士丹利首席长戈尔曼将给该行所谓“降低风险”的策略来个大掉头。

  • 9.Yet Germany's about-face, while perhaps the most dramatic, is hardly the only recent shift in favor of nuclear energy in Europe.

    然而,德国的政策调整,或许是最具有戏剧性的,但绝不是欧洲大陆对核能喜爱的孤例。

  • 10.Joost started by offering video through its own software application, but lost out to Hulu and did an about-face.

    Joost曾经通过自己的软件提供看影像,但是输给了Hulu,最后不得不做出改变。

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