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
- Emerald and radiant orchid actually look good together, Ms. Eiseman argues, but the one is such an about-face from the other that it's likely to encourage consumers to get out and shop in order to stay up to date.
她认为翡翠绿与璀璨兰花紫搭配在一起其实很好看，但后者与前者截然不同，所以它可能会促使消费者出门购置该色彩的行头以便跟上潮流。 - Jobs had initially opposed allowing outside developers to build apps for the iPhone, but he did a quick about-face once he realized he was wrong.
乔布斯最初反对让外部开发者为iPhone开发app，不过在认识到自己错了之后，就迅速改变了立场。 - While Beijing allowed the yuan to appreciate slightly against the dollar last year, recent signs of an economic slowdown pushed Chinese policy makers into an about-face this week.
尽管中国去年允许人民币对美元小幅升值，但由于最近有迹象显示经济增长放缓，中国的决策者本周开始改变立场。 - Now in an abrupt about-face, Barnes& Noble announced alongside earnings that it would stop manufacturing its own tablets and let interested third-party manufacturers potentially make their own nook-compatible devices.
现在，巴诺突然来了个180度大转弯，在发布财报的同时宣布将停止制造平板电脑，转而让有兴趣的第三方厂商生产与Nook兼容的设备。 - 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。 - 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 a near 100% about-face from a year ago, when the same group was mostly bullish on the shares of large companies and Berkshire ( BRKa) in particular.
这和一年前面临的情况发生了近乎一百八十度的大逆转，当时在座的还是这些投资者，但他们大多看好大型公司的股票，尤其是伯克希尔。 - 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。