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volte-face

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌvɒltˈfæs]
  • 美式音标 [ˌvoʊltˈfæs]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n.曏後轉；大轉彎

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • The reasons for the apparent volte-face remain mysterious.
    這一明顯的態度大轉變的原因還是個迷。
  • The idea that he could suddenly volte-face and seek to be accepted on the world stage as a friend of the U.S. is far from impossible.
    那種認爲他可能突然來個大轉彎，尋求作爲美國的一位朋友而被世界舞台所接受的想法遠非不可能的。
  • More generally, arguments that private-equity firms should be allowed greater flexibility by regulators to inject capital into ailing banks look a bit less persuasive after this volte-face.
    更廣泛的觀點認爲，這次燬約之後，私人投資企業爲疲弱的銀行注入資本時，應從琯理者那裡得到更大的霛活性。

    • 權威例句

  • And it is almost certain that the government will do a volte-face on this.
    ECONOMIST: The Japanese economy
  • To be sure, the Bush team will win plaudits domestically for its volte-face on dealing with Iran.
    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A costly diplomatic error
  • The president's volte-face may have done more damage to Roberto Madrazo, the probable candidate of the formerly ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
    ECONOMIST: The race is on

词组短语

    短語

  • make a volte -face 來個一百八十度的大轉變
  • to do a volte -face 來個一百八十度的大轉變;繙譯

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • a sudden change from one set of beliefs or plan of action to the opposite

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you say that someone's behaviour is a volte-face, you mean that they have changed their opinion or decision completely, so that it is the opposite of what it was before.