flip-flopping

美 [ˈflɪp flɑːpɪŋ]英 [ˈflɪp flɒpɪŋ]

flip-flopping

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N-PLURAL 人字拖鞋
Flip-flops are open shoes which are held on your feet by a strap that goes between your toes.
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VERB (尤指政客)改变决定，转持相反观点
If you say that someone, especially a politician, flip-flops on a decision, you are critical of them because they change their decision, so that they do or think the opposite.

He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues...

他因为在几个关键问题上临场变卦而备受批评。

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The vice-president was accused of flip-flopping on several major issues .

副总统受到谴责，说他在几个重大问题上出尔反尔。
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He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues

他因为在几个关键问题上临场变卦而备受批评。
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This flip-flopping has confused customers and employees .

这种相反的发展方向一直困扰着它的顾客和雇员。
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This word encompasses a sense of " flip-flopping " but it also implies a number of other complicating forces .

这个单词包含着一种立场摇移之感，但是同时，它也暗示了许多其他复杂的涵义。
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And their careers can emerge unscathed , if they give sound reasons for flip-flopping -- and stay put for a while in their second stint .

另外，如果能说出让人信服的变卦理由，并且在回去之后继续工作一段时间不跳槽，他们的职业发展也可以不受影响。
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Barack Obama went on the offensive over foreign policy in the third and final presidential debate , repeatedly accusing Mitt Romney of flip-flopping on major international issues but failing to deliver a killer blow to his opponent 's resurgent campaign .

在第三场也是最后一场总统候选人辩论中，奥巴马就外交政策发起攻势，一再指责罗姆尼在重大国际问题上的立场不坚定，但未能给他对手迅速崛起的竞选活动一个致命打击。