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 about-face [ə'baʊt`fes] 添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 向后转, 大改变

vi. 向后转, 作重大改变


  1. 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。
  2. After he told us his plans he made an about face. I'm surprised.
    ( 例句:告诉我们他的计划后,他又改变注意了,让我有点吃惊。
  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。


about-face
[ noun ]
  1. act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation

    2. <noun.act>
  2. a major change in attitude or principle or point of view

    3. <noun.act>
    an about-face on foreign policy
[ verb ]
  1. turn, usually 180 degrees

    2. <verb.motion>
  2. change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint

    3. <verb.cognition>


  1. While the quick about-face isn't causing Japanese investors to lose any sleep, some on the other side of the ocean watch with furrowed brows.
  2. "They went to the max." The saga proved to be an embarrassment for Republican Gov. Bob Martinez, who at first strongly advocated the tax, then did an about-face and just as stridently called for its repeal.
  3. The FCC's about-face is a big victory for information-service companies, who have contended that steep access charges would have driven them out of business by making their services too expensive.
  4. No, I haven't done an "about-face" (Letters, April 10).
  5. We call it an about-face, Lou.
  6. This second about-face will only reinforce the impression that the Kremlin is torn by dissension.
  7. Mr Daley's about-face on gambling came, he said, because of the reality of unemployment.
  8. Judge Greene showed displeasure with the department's about-face.
  9. Great Western Financial Corp., in an abrupt about-face, said it decided not to pursue discussions with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board about acquiring Financial Corp. of America, parent of the nation's largest thrift.
  10. The increase in sales also is an about-face, from the previous year's 3.2% decline.
  11. Christian Lacroix kicked off a week of haute couture shows for winter Sunday with plenty of luxury and an about-face in style, abandoning the short pouf skirts that made him famous and presenting a variety of styles.
  12. But their talks signify the about-face in British policy since 1987, when Mrs. Thatcher branded the ANC "a typical terrorist organization" and said she wouldn't talk to it.
  13. In March, Sen. Simon did an about-face, telling the league he had decided "not to pursue this matter."
  14. The current frenzy for historic restoration here marks a sharp about-face in what might be called the real-estate policy of the GDR.
  15. Kidder made an abrupt about-face on program trading yesterday, after a special meeting between the firm's president and chief executive officer, Michael Carpenter, and its senior managers.
  16. Now the auto behemoth's officials are launching an about-face and running the risk that they will be left with a significantly reduced share of the U.S. car market, perhaps permanently.
  17. An about-face by one large local would be enough to ratify the proposed accord, a union spokesman said.
  18. "It obviously hurts the Lucas candidacy _ how much I can't quantify," Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., said after Conyers' about-face.
  19. A can of New Coke is in a display case next to a can of the original formula drink, which was reintroduced in a stunning about-face as Coca-Cola Classic after howls of protest from Coke drinkers.
  20. After insisting repeatedly that he planned to complete his four-year term, he did an about-face earlier this summer by hinting at early elections, only to announce last weekend that he still hadn't made up his mind.
  21. IBM's campaign was only one of several factors influencing the about-face.
  22. Mr. Corry also said USX management isn't satisfied that the company's stock price doesn't fully reflect record earnings in 1989 and a significant about-face in the fortunes of USX, once a symbol for industrial decay.
  23. Labor leaders believe the government's about-face is the result of threats from the predominately foreign industry to withdraw facilities or curtail expansion if unions are established.
  24. It is a sharp about-face for the company and Chairman Roger B. Smith, who previously maintained, despite intense criticism, that GM's market-share losses were merely temporary.
  25. "An about-face has to be done," said Steve Metzler, owner of Classical Wines From Spain, a Seattle-based importer.
  26. The two sales mark an about-face for Ford, which acquired New Holland three years ago as part of an aggressive diversification strategy.
  27. The about-face on "no new taxes" was the fulcrum of discontent.
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