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单词 about-face
释义
about-face
noun[C]
US
uk
/əˌbaʊtˈfeɪs/us
/əˌbaʊtˈfeɪs/
(UKabout-turn)
acompletechangeofopinionorbehaviour:
This is the senator's second about-faceontheissue.
Synonyms
U-turnmainlydisapproving
about-turnUK
flip-flop(CHANGE)USinformal
reversal
volte-faceliterary
achangeofdirection
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(Definition ofabout-facefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

about-face| American Dictionary

about-face
noun[Cusually sing]
us
/əˈbɑʊtˈfeɪs/
acompletechangeofdirection,opinion, or way ofacting
About-face is also anordergiven tosoldierstotellthem toturnaround andfacethe other way.
(Definition ofabout-facefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabout-face

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Yet, in what appears to be anotherabout-face, he writes elsewhere that the paintings are not ' concerned exclusively or even predominantly with potency ' (p. 166).
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Then, in anotherabout-face, she repents and resolves to bury her feelings: her music sinks back once more to the declamatory style of the opening.
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In many respects, thisabout-faceon the part of organized labor is neither remarkable nor puzzling.
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There are several reasons for the government's apparentabout-face, all of which have enhanced the leverage of consumer activists and their allies within the policy-making sphere.
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I am sure that the public will judge that outrageous and unprincipledabout-facefor themselves.
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There is no clearer evidence of that than the completeabout-facedemonstrated in its so-called reasoned amendment.
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Does she accept that she has done a completeabout-facein accepting that added value and not crude league tables is the way forward?
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This was anabout-facefrom an incomprehensible passivity towards vandalism, arson and the plunder of government buildings to brutal physical violence against unarmed citizens, resulting in three suspicious deaths.
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It was certainly an interestingabout-face.
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Now we have thisabout-face.
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Long narrow lines of marching soldiers were unable to easily stop andabout-face.
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It is remembered for the ideological controversy caused by the apparent ideologicalabout-faceof the president, who had previously been critical of oil policy.
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Other areas where defects may be enhanced are at the wafer edge, where the water has to do anabout-face(reverse motion).
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Quizzed on the apparentabout-face, officials said the latest proposal is current policy.
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He goes on to say that he will forgive the misunderstanding if she is willing to do anabout-faceon the article.
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