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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
  1. an about-face on foreign policy
  Synonym:volte-facereversalpolicy change
• act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
  Synonym:about turn

verb

• change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint
• turn, usually 180 degrees

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Helio was originally conceived as a "power user's carrier," but it did an unexplained about-face and decided to go for the social-networking youth when it launched.
  Helio在筹备的时候标榜为“超级玩家的运营商”，但在发布的时候来个大变脸，决定去拥抱社交网络的年轻人。
• The bank soon parachuted in top risk managers from its investment bank, to help evaluate the trade and the models and assumptions underpinning it; what they discovered forced an embarrassing about-face.
  摩根大通立即从投行部门抽调了两名顶尖的风控经理，帮助评估该交易、交易模型及模型的假设条件；二人发现的事实让摩根大通不得不尴尬地彻底改变此前的态度。