U-turn

noun

1. （汽车等的）U形转弯，180度转弯
   a turn of 180˚ that a vehicle makes so that it can move forwards in the opposite direction
   1. to do/make a U-turn
      作180度转弯
2. （政策、行为上令人尴尬的）彻底转变，180度大转变
   a complete change in policy or behaviour, usually one that is embarrassing

1. N-COUNT U型转弯；180度转弯；掉头
   If you make a U-turn when you are driving or cycling, you turn in a half circle in one movement, so that you are then going in the opposite direction.
   1. Making a sharp U-turn, she headed back...
      她猛地掉转车头，往回开。
   2. Eventually, he turned off the main route and suddenly did a U-turn.
      最后，他驶离主道，来了一个急掉头。
2. N-COUNT （政治家在政策、计划、行动方面的）180度大转弯，彻底转变
   If you describe a change in a politician's policy, plans, or actions as a U-turn, you mean that it is a complete change and that they made the change because they were weak or were wrong.
   1. ...a humiliating U-turn by the Prime Minister.
      首相极不光彩的180度大转变
   2. ...the U-turns he made on economic policy and pit closures.
      他在经济政策和煤窑关闭方面的那些180度大转变

1. Making a sharp U-turn, she headed back
   她猛地掉转车头，往回开。
2. Eventually, he turned off the main route and suddenly did a U-turn.
   最后，他驶离主道，来了一个急掉头。
3. We did an extremely fast U-turn and shot south up the Boulevard St. Michel
   我们飞快地来了个180度的转弯，然后沿着圣米歇尔大道向南疾驰而去。
4. Recognizing their defeat, many retailers have made a U-turn and are now helping shoppers get online.
   一些商家意识到了他们的失败，于是态度来了个180度大转弯，开始帮助顾客上网。
5. Make a U-turn at the end of the street.
   在街的尽头做U字掉头。
6. He then got out a map, before performing a U-turn and quickly getting back on the correct route.
   随后他拿出了地图，拐了一个U型弯后找到了正确的路。
7. But the official acknowledged such a U-turn was unlikely.
   不过这名官员承认，这种一百八十度的大转弯不太可能发生。
8. The Japanese government then appeared to do a U-turn and chose deportation, drawing criticism from Japanese conservatives.
   随后，日本政府态度出现了大转弯，并决定将船长遣送回国，日本政府此举招致了日本保守派人士的批评。
9. But congressional staff said the U-turn did not signal victory in the broader fight against inversions and vowed that work would continue on legislation to curb them.
   但国会工作人员表示，沃尔格林的回心转意并不标志着对税收倒置行为的总体打击取得了胜利，他们誓言将继续致力于通过立法来遏制这种行为。
10. From some perspectives, this sudden fascination with the past marks something of a U-turn.
    以某些观点来看，这种对历史突如其来的迷恋犹如180度大转弯。
11. Just make that U-Turn!
    只是转过来就行了！
12. The question of the U-turn is a particularly vexed one.
    政策上的180度大转弯是个特别棘手的问题。
13. The challenge betrayed the hope among Brussels policymakers that a recent U-turn in US policy on global warming could force changes in Beijing and India.
    这一挑战透露出，布鲁塞尔政策制定者希望，近期美国在全球变暖问题上的政策大转弯，有可能迫使中国和印度发生改变。
14. After intense talks spanning two weeks, the US has made a U-turn on climate change.
    在经过两周的的激烈对话之后，美国终于就气候变化问题做出尴尬的让步。
15. The government denied that it would make a U-turn in its economics policy.
    该政府否认它会使它的经济政策逆转。
16. He made a U-turn right in the mid of the street and almost hit my car.
    他在街中间来了个大转弯，差点撞上我的车。
17. Make a U-turn at the next legal opportunity.
    请在下一个可以掉头的路口掉头。
18. There are other signs of a U-turn in Mr Abdullah's reform agenda.
    还有其他迹象显示，阿卜杜拉的改革计划出现了180度大转弯。
19. It's a pretty devastating U-turn by the Obama administration.
    奥巴马政府的态度出现了非常灾难性的急速转变。
20. When I see someone, sometimes I turn the car or make a U-turn on the highway, just to give them something.
    有时，当我在公路上发现流浪汉时，我会要车子掉头回转，为的只是给他一些东西。
21. It's an unexpected U-turn for President Obama that underscores how sensitive he is about America's economic woes.
    奥巴马总统一个意想不到的180度大转弯，强调了他对美国的经济困境是多么敏感。
22. Over the next couple of years, politicians will have to perform a difficult policy U-turn;
    在接下来的好几年里，政治家们将要面对一个艰难的政策上的急转弯。
23. AC Milan goalkeeper Dida is set to perform a U-turn and commit to a new contract.
    米兰门将迪达的续约态度有180度的转变，已经开始了新合同的谈判。
24. The government think that the bill can make a U-turn in its economics policy.
    政府认为这项法案可能使其制定的经济政策逆转。
25. The plans represent a virtual U-turn from the current system for banks.
    该计划意味着现行银行会计制度将发生实质性的重大转变。
26. What does it say about him that within three or four days he did a complete U-turn?
    他在三四天之内来个180度大转弯说明了什么呢？
27. It is illegal to make a U-turn on a motorway.
    在高速公路上进行u形转变是违法的。
28. But does this represent an ideological U-turn or merely a response to changing events?
    但是这是意味着意识形态的大转变还是仅因环境变化不得已的策略？
29. Although not small companies with big companies, small companies are small, and good to make a U-turn.
    小公司虽不能与大公司比较，小公司规模小，好掉头。
30. But the Green Party leader later flatly rejected Mr Ganley's claims that he had sold out or made a U-turn on Europe.
    但是这位绿党领导人后来断然否认了Ganley先生所说的他受贿或在欧洲态度上180度转弯。