英：[ə'baʊtˌfeɪs]
美：[əˈbaʊtˈfes]
about-face如何读
about-face是什么意思
向后转；大改变；倒转；彻底改变
突然改变（看法，立场等）；向后转（的动作）；
about-face自然拼读
a·bout-face
baUt feIs
about-face变形
about-faces, about-facing, about-faced
about-face英英释义
Noun
1. act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
2. a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view;
"an about-face on foreign policy"
Verb
1. turn, usually 180 degrees
2. change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint
about-face词源英文解释
from the imperative phrase about face, from about >entry 1 + face >entry 2
The first known use of about-face was in 1835
about-face儿童词典英英释义
ac-
see ad-
absolute zeronoun
a hypothetical temperature that has never been reached, represents no heat at all, and is equal to approximately −273.15°C or −459.67°F
absolute valuenoun
a nonnegative number that is equal to a given number with any negative sign removed
the absolute value of -3 is 3
absolute temperaturenoun
temperature measured on a scale that has absolute zero as the zero point
absentmindedadjective
lost in thought and unaware of one's surroundings or actions
about-facenoun
a reversal of direction
a reversal of attitude or point of view
about-face 例句
1 What can caricatures tell us about face recognition processes?
猴子的病变研究告诉我们哪些关于大脑辨识能力的机制?
2 Mr Pandit's about - face reflects Citi's continuing need for capital.
Pandit态度上的急转弯表明花旗银行急需资金.
3 His choice of that house was an about face from his original intention.
例句:他选择这个房子的念头是改变主意后的决定,和原来不一样.
4 In Baghdad, memories are still vivid of Washington’s about-face when President Barack Obama came to office pledging to withdraw from Iraq only to send U.S. forces back three years later as ISIS gained ground.
5 That was when a 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.
6 Warming to Trump: In an about-face, big financiers on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are increasingly on board for a second Trump term after the first one alienated them.
7 Factitious what whatever thing is concerned about face - saving?
人为什么无论什么事都爱面子 呢 ?
8 A few days later he made an about - face.
几天以后,他变了卦.
9 The young man did an about face on that contract.
这个年轻人对那份合同的态度完全改变了.
10 That was when a loud bray made me about - face once more.
这时我听见一声响亮的驴叫,我被惊的转过身来.
11 The latest measure 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.
12 New aid for Ukraine came only after Republican Speaker Mike Johnson, who once opposed it, did an about-face and put his job on the line to get it through, amid threats from three far right Republicans to oust him.
13 Three years later, the Heisman Trust pointed to the same changes to college athletics as the reason for its about-face on Bush.
14 In a news conference on Wednesday, Mr. Powell alluded to the 2019 quantitative tightening effort that led to chaos in the money markets — and an about-face by the central bank.
15 He made an abrupt about-face and left the room.
他突然向后转，离开了房间。
16 the candidate's frequent about-faces on issues disturbs many voters
17 When I was young, I was potty about face and conformation.
小的时候, 我对汽车的外观和构造都非常着迷.
18 In statements and interviews, those involved in building, selling, and developing electric vehicle charging said that Tesla’s sudden about-face on charging might affect the short-term future of public charging infrastructure, but not the long-term electric transition.
19 Biden suggested the reason for his about-face was that Hyde's restrictions would interfere with his desire to provide a broad range of health services to women.
20 The tone from city and civic leaders in San Jose has seen an about-face since then, and that was reinforced Thursday with a city news release featuring a bevy of optimistic statements.
about-face 同义词
2 转到相反方向
3 改变立场
5 向后转
turnabout volte-face rightabout round on heels about face face about right-about retroversion about-turn right-about-face twirl revert rightabout-face right about turn turn about
6 彻底转变