about-turn是什么意思

  • En [ əˌbaʊtˈtɜːn]
  • Us [ əˌbaʊtˈtɝːn]

详细释义

  • 0 a change of direction -- (朝反方向的)倒转

    • I'd only gone a little way down the street when I remembered I hadn't locked the door, so I made/did a quick about-turn. 我在街上刚走出不远就想起来忘锁门了,于是马上转身跑回去。

    • This is the government's second about-turn on the issue. 这是政府在这个问题上立场第二次180度大转变。

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  • We now have exactly the same unprincipled about-turn regarding tolls.

  • Work has now been suspended on the power station, and that about-turn should force a radical rethinking of the policy on gas production.

  • Perhaps this is a sudden about-turn to do with elections.

  • Thus, in quite a short time there has been something of an about-turn.

  • There is the difficulty for prison staff of performing a complete about-turn.

  • After the about-turn the amount had dropped to between £40,000 and £43,000 per year.

  • The delays may have jeopardised the about-turn having the effect that we desire.

  • The second about-turn has been cutting the link between the national vocational qualification schemes and training.

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