| 单词 | turnabout |
| 释义 | turnaboutWord family adjectiveturnednounturnerturneryturningturnaboutturnagainturnbackturnbroachturnbuckleturncoatturncockturning circleturning pointturnkeyturnoffturnoutturnoverturnpiketurnroundturnskinturnspitturnstileturnstoneturntableturntablistverbturn turn·a·bout /ˈtɜːnəbaʊt $ ˈtɜːrn-/ noun 1 [countableC usually singular] British EnglishBrECHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT a complete change in someone’s opinions, ideas, or methods 〔观点、思想或方法的〕彻底改变，转变 an extraordinarily rapid turnabout in attitudes 态度上异常迅速的改变 2. turnabout is fair play American EnglishAmECAN used to say that because someone else has done something to you, you can do it to them too 一人一遭，天公地道；以其人之道还治其人之身乃是公道 Examples from the Corpus turnabout• The fall into loss last year represents a dramatic turnabout from the late 1980s.• The dramatic turnabout undoubtedly reflects the trauma of once again seeing non-stop television coverage of bloodied bodies and grieving families.• This burst of activity marks a major turnabout in the publishing industry.• How and why did this extraordinary and extraordinarily rapid turnabout in attitudes take place?• a surprising turnabout in church policy• For Lyndon Johnson, the turnabout was even more abrupt and total.• The turnabout Howard and Mark conjured up was more than I could have expected.• This turnabout is affecting the whole ski business in Britain, not least the magazines. |
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