about-face

about-face读音音标

英[ə\\\'baʊtˌfeɪs]

美[əˈbaʊtˈfes]

基本意思释义

v.向后转; 大改变; 倒转; 彻底改变

n.突然改变（看法，立场等）; 向后转（的动作）

词性变化

复数:about-faces;

短语及实用例句

A few days later he made an about - face.

几天以后,他变了卦.

辞典例句

That was when a loud bray made me about - face once more.

这时我听见一声响亮的驴叫,我被惊的转过身来.

I think there are two situations about face - lifting -- favorable or unfavorable.

对于 整容,我认为有两种情况,一种是有利的,一种是不利的.

The latest measure 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.

What can caricatures tell us about face recognition processes?

猴子的病变研究告诉我们哪些关于大脑辨识能力的机制?

That was when a 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.

The young man did an about face on that contract.

这个年轻人对那份合同的态度完全改变了.

Mr Pandit\'s about - face reflects Citi\'s continuing need for capital.

Pandit态度上的急转弯表明花旗银行急需资金.

This about - face was traumatic for many, but easy to justify scripturally.

如此的巨变对很多人都有所创伤, 但从圣经的角度看很明显是正当的.

When I was young, I was potty about face and conformation.

小的时候, 我对汽车的外观和构造都非常着迷.

Factitious what whatever thing is concerned about face - saving?

人为什么无论什么事都爱面子 呢 ?

The figures, I think, will do an about - face.

我想这些数字会有一百八十度的转变.

After each throw both teams about face and the other team throws the ball.

每次投球之后,两支队都交换场位,另一支队伍再投球.

The paper describes algorithms about face detection and face recognition as many as possible.

人脸特征识别的过程主要分为人脸检测定位和人脸识别.本文详细列举出了人脸检测定位和识别的各种算法,对各种检测和识别算法的特征做了概括.

His choice of that house was an about face from his original intention.

例句:他选择这个房子的念头是改变主意后的决定,和原来不一样.

真题例句

Curbs on business - method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the Federal circuit itself that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called State Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual- fund as

英英释义

Noun

1. act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation

2. a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view;

\"an about-face on foreign policy\"

Verb

1. turn, usually 180 degrees

2. change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint