about-face
- n. （思想、态度、行为等）彻底改变，大转变；向后转（同 about-turn，尤用于军事操练或口令）
- v. 向后转（同 about-turn，尤用于军事操练或口令）；彻底转变，改变主张
英英释义
about-face [ ə'baut,feis,ə,baut'feis ]
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n.
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act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
同义词： about turn
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a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
"an about-face on foreign policy"
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act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
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v.
- turn, usually 180 degrees
- change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
about-face
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N-COUNT An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion. 彻底改变
例：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将做出彻底改变并开始增加支出。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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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将做出彻底改变并开始增加支出。
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This past December, Facebook did an about-face on privacy.
刚过去的十二月，Facebook的隐私政策上演大变脸。
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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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An online tutor is about half the cost of traditional face-to-face coaching.
VOA: special.2011.04.21
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I wrote my first book--I already talked about that, Pioneering Portfolio Management--that deals with the challenges that face institutional investors.
我写的第一本书,我已经提到过了,《机构投资的创新之路》,讨论了机构投资者所面临的挑战
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We learned about cognitive neuroscience using the study of face recognition as an important case study-- human differences, behavioral genetics, nature and nurture, sex and food.
我们学习了认知神经学,引用面部识别的研究,作为重要的例子分析-,还学了人体差异，行为遗传学，先天与后天，性与食物。
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