noun
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- a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
- an about-face on foreign policy
- Synonym: volte-face reversal policy change
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- act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
- Synonym: about turn
verb
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- change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint
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- turn, usually 180 degrees
数据来源:WordNet
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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。
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If the effort were to proceed , it would mark a sharp about-face for Google that is certain to fuel controversy among human-rights advocates and many of its own employees , as well as U.S. politicians .
如果计划得以推进,将标志着谷歌的一次彻底改变,这势必在人权活动人士、不少内部员工还有美国政界人士中间引发争议。
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Things have done a complete about-face since then .
从那以后,情况发生了彻底的改变。
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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。
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A few days later he made an about-face .
几天以后,他变了卦。
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The latest measure marked an about-face from Barak 's earlier stance .
巴拉克这一新举措与他早先的立场大相径庭。
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A reversal , as in policy ; an about-face .
向后转转向反面,如在政策上;大转变。
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I think that is a stunning about-face from the Russians , " he said .
我认为从俄罗斯人的脸上可以看到这一惊人转变。”他说道。
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If this rumor pans out , it would represent an interesting about-face from Apple .
如果这一传闻是真的,那么苹果公司这一大转变确实很有趣。
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That was when a loud bray made me about-face once more .
就在这时,一只驴子的大叫声使我再次转过头来。
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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。
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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!
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Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman will do an about-face on the bank 's ' lower risk ' corporate strategy .
摩根士丹利首席执行长戈尔曼(JamesGorman)将给该行所谓“降低风险”的策略来个大掉头。
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The about-face reflects uncertainty among Chinese cities about whether and how much to loosen property-market curbs enacted under pressure from China 's central government .
呼和浩特市这一政策的反复显示出,中国各城市在是否及如何放松房地产市场调控措施方面存在不确定性。这些调控政策是在中央政府的压力下实施的。
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After years of therapy , she overcame anorexia and began volunteering for About-Face , an organization that tries to help women with their physical appearance problems .
通过几年的治疗,她克服了厌食,还为一个帮助女性解决外形问题的机构About-Face做义工。
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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。
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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。
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His was a God of surprises , about-faces and detours , not of regularity and rhythm .
他是上帝的惊喜,反复无常和弯路,规律性和节奏没有。
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While Beijing allowed the yuan to appreciate slightly against the dollar last year , recent signs of an economic slowdown pushed Chinese policy makers into an about-face this week .
尽管中国去年允许人民币对美元小幅升值,但由于最近有迹象显示经济增长放缓,中国的决策者本周开始改变立场。
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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。
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And the company 's about-face comes after rivals like Apple and Google and many of the most successful new start-ups offered free software , often with premium perks for sale .
像苹果和谷歌这样的竞争对手,以及一些大获成功的新兴创业公司,都已经提供了很多免费的、但常常带有付费高级功能的软件,微软这次改弦更张,就是在这样的背景下进行的。
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The about-face on anti-subsidy tariffs is unlikely to forestall the passage of more comprehensive China-bashing laws , which seems all but certain this year .
首先,反补贴税政策的变化很难避免国会通过内容更广泛的法案来打击中国。
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Go walk with the strikers , and you 'll start to feel that the strike is less an about-face from July 's atmosphere than a continuation of it .
和那些罢工的人走在一起,你就会开始感觉到与其说罢工是在重新转向世界杯期间那种氛围,不如说罢工就是世界杯氛围的延续。
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The policy about-face from central banks not only the most cautious of market participants but also those in command of the most information underscores how the crisis has transformed the global market landscape .
各国央行(不仅是最为谨慎的市场参与者,还包括掌握着最多信息的国家)政策的彻底逆转,突显出金融危机如何彻底改变了全球市场格局。
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So , yeah , I think they should tank and they might even be able to get some good value for Ibaka in a trade even if it would be a really quick about-face .
所以,是的,我认为他们应该果断垫底甚至交易伊巴卡以换取更多的价值,尽管这变脸来得有点快。
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SEOUL , South Korea - Samsung Electronics is killing its troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone , a humbling about-face for the South Korean giant and its global brand .
韩国首尔——三星电子(SamsungElectronics)正在放弃自己麻烦不断的盖乐世Note7(GalaxyNote7)智能手机,对这家韩国巨头和它的全球品牌来说,这是一个名声扫地的大反转。
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The bank soon parachuted in top risk managers from its investment bank , to help evaluate the trade and the models and assumptions underpinning it ; what they discovered forced an embarrassing about-face .
摩根大通立即从投行部门抽调了两名顶尖的风控经理,帮助评估该交易、交易模型及模型的假设条件;二人发现的事实让摩根大通不得不尴尬地彻底改变此前的态度。
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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。
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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。
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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。