中英互译
about-face
美 /əˌbaʊt ˈfeɪs/
基本释义
- n.（思想、态度、行为等）彻底改变；向后转（同 about-turn）
- v.向后转（同 about-turn）
双语例句
- 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将做出彻底改变并开始增加支出。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- This past December, Facebook did an about-face on privacy.刚过去的十二月，Facebook的隐私政策上演大变脸。
- Joost started by offering video through its own software application, but lost out to Hulu and did an about-face.Joost曾经通过自己的软件提供看影像，但是输给了Hulu，最后不得不做出改变。
网络短语
- about face向后转；爱面子；改变态度；交互设计精髓
- Right about face劈头盖脸
- right-about-face向后转
- about face reading约面对读；阅读一下脸；关于阅读的脸
- do an about face变卦
同义词
n.
向后转；转回原来方向；（立场、观点等）彻底改变
vi.
向后转；改变主张
英英释义
- n.act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
- n.a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
- v.turn, usually 180 degrees
- v.change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint