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

• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• Now in an abrupt about-face, Barnes& Noble announced alongside earnings that it would stop manufacturing its own tablets and let interested third-party manufacturers potentially make their own nook-compatible devices.
  现在，巴诺突然来了个180度大转弯，在发布财报的同时宣布将停止制造平板电脑，转而让有兴趣的第三方厂商生产与Nook兼容的设备。
• In a stunning reversal, the technology giant made an abrupt about-face on some of the controversial features of its upcoming Xbox one console.
  这家科技巨头的态度突然出现逆转，修改了即将上市的XboxOne游戏机中部分引发争议的功能。
• His about-face on this issue has come as an earthquake.
  他在这一问题上的彻底转变，好比一场地震。
• While film censorship isn't new in China, the abrupt about-face was unusual because controversial movies rarely make it through the approval process to begin with.
  虽然电影审查在中国不算新鲜事，但这种临时禁播一部影片的做法并不常见，因为存在争议的影片很少能通过审查登陆院线。
• 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。
• Two wayward humpback whales have done an about-face and are headed back toward the Pacific Ocean.
  两只任性的驼背鲸终于肯调头游向他们的家&太平洋。
• 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。