about-face

Word family prepositionaboutsaboutnounabout-face

aˌbout-ˈface (also about-turn British English) noun [countableC usually singular]

CHANGE YOUR MINDa complete change in the way someone thinks or behaves 〔思想、行为的〕大转变 SYN U-turn

The administration seems to have done a complete about-face on gun-control.

政府对枪支管制的态度似乎来了个180度大转变。

Examples from the Corpus

about-face• An about-face between now and then is possible but not likely.• Intel said it is not making any about-face in its strategy.• Belinda felt bewildered by his apparent about-face.• In recent months, Clinton has made a substantial about-face in his drug strategy.• Of all the reversals, though, the most destructive in the long run was the about-face of the Communist world.• The about-face came quickly, though not easily and not without controversy.• The regents and provost are trying to cast their about-face as a positive move.

单词	about-face
释义	about-face Word family prepositionaboutsaboutnounabout-face aˌbout-ˈface (also about-turn British English) noun [countableC usually singular] CHANGE YOUR MINDa complete change in the way someone thinks or behaves 〔思想、行为的〕大转变 SYN U-turn The administration seems to have done a complete about-face on gun-control. 政府对枪支管制的态度似乎来了个180度大转变。 Examples from the Corpus about-face• An about-face between now and then is possible but not likely.• Intel said it is not making any about-face in its strategy.• Belinda felt bewildered by his apparent about-face.• In recent months, Clinton has made a substantial about-face in his drug strategy.• Of all the reversals, though, the most destructive in the long run was the about-face of the Communist world.• The about-face came quickly, though not easily and not without controversy.• The regents and provost are trying to cast their about-face as a positive move.
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