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

• 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！
• The World Bank president's warning followed a dramatic about-face on Asia's growth prospects by the International Monetary Fund, which was clearly taken by surprise by the region's strong performance in the past six months.
  佐利克发出上述警告之前，国际货币基金组织（IMF）大幅改变了其对亚洲增长前景的预测。亚洲地区过去6个月的强劲表现，显然令IMF感到吃惊。
• 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。
• 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。
• To judge by the reaction in Washington, DC, this was an about-face like Big Brother's conversion of Eurasia from foe to ally in Orwell's "1984".
  华盛顿一百八十度大转弯真如奥威尔的《1984年》中老大哥对待欧亚国从敌人到同盟的转变。
• It was an about-face for Moyal, a member of the hawkish Likud Party, who has been calling for the army to invade Gaza to end the rocket attacks.
  他发出的呼吁和他以往的立场不一样。穆瓦亚尔过去一直呼吁以色列军队入侵加沙地带，从而结束火箭袭击。
• A few days later he made an about-face.
  几天以后，他变了卦。
• 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。
• 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。