about turn

1. (口令) About face!; About turn!
   向后转！
2. They have heard all the stories of you growing up and how you always fought with your older sister about whose turn it was to take out the trash.
   他们听过你所有的成长故事以及关于倒垃圾这个事情你是如何和你的姐姐吵架的。
3. The couple was quarreling furiously about whose turn it was to cook the dinner.
   这对夫妇对该轮到谁做晚饭而激烈争吵着。
4. I remember thinking that life was passing me by so fast. It seemed like only yesterday I was in kindergarten, and here I was, about to turn ten.
   我记得自己心里在想，生命过得如此之快；进幼稚园仿佛还是昨天的事，而现在我即将迈入十岁。
5. We all felt that our luck was about to turn.
   我们都认为快要转运了。
6. As he arrived at the pearly gates, Smith met his maker and complained about this turn of events.
   当他到了鬼门关（珍珠门），他见到了上帝并抱怨他的不幸。
7. However, with mercury about to turn retrograde, you must buy your items or sign your deal between january8and20.
   但是，随着水星即将逆行，你必须在1月8日到20日之间购买你要的东西或者签署你的合约。
8. What kind of indications are you looking for as signs that the economy is about to get better and that the stock market and the investment world are about to turn the corner?
   您觉得出现什么迹象就能表明经济将出现好转，股市和整个投资界即将转危为安了？
9. I'm worried about they turn off the electricity at10:00.
   我担心他们10点断电。
10. But I'm not about to turn this base into the Grand Central Station of the multiverse.
    我不要把这个基地变成多元宇宙的盛大的中心。
11. We're about to turn to value theory.
    我们将讨论价值理论。
12. On the Circuit Info screen, click on the Info symbols to hear information about each turn.
    在赛道信息界面中，点击信息标志来聆听关于每个弯道的信息。
13. She signalled that he was about to turn left.
    她打手势表示他就要转到左面去了。
14. If the dog got out in front I did an about turn and said HEEL and corrected the dog back into position.
    如果狗超前了，我就转身，说“HELL”，并纠正狗回到它的位置。
15. Has she just turned her head towards us, or is she about to turn away?
    她是刚刚将头转向我们，还是就要转过脸去？
16. When I was about to turn left at the end of the hallway the chill disappeared and I stopped.
    在走廊另一头卧正要左拐的时候，那阵寒意消失了，我停下脚步。
17. A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn.
    机动车上不停闪烁用以标志转弯方向的灯。
18. Oh, that's rich. you're about to turn over the flute, and you act as if I'm surrendering.
    喔，太棒了。你马上就要把魔笛交出来，但听你的意思好象是我要投降了。
19. The children argued about whose turn it was to sit in the front seat.
    孩子们争论该轮到谁坐前排座位。
20. She is about to turn 40 ( please note she is not an exact contemporary) and her partner keeps suggesting extremely elaborate celebration scenarios.
    她快要满40岁了（请注意，她和我并不完全同龄），而她的伴侣一直建议举办一些极度精致的庆祝活动。
21. Employers, needless to say, are not too happy about this turn of events.
    不用说，老板们对事态的这种变化是不太高兴的。
22. About to turn this bitch into a war zone.
    让这“婊子”成为战区。
23. The children settled their argument about whose turn it was by the flip of a coin.
    孩子们通过掷硬币解决该轮到谁的争吵。
24. He is about to turn on the light.
    他就要把灯打开。
25. ` About turn! 'barked the sergeant-major.
    ‘向后转！’军士长厉声喊道。
26. I was just about to turn on the tears.
    我差点就要准备彪泪了。
27. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue.
    你们这帮小伙子快变成蓝色的了。
28. I'm about to turn 30 and have just married my partner of 11 years.
    我快30岁了，刚刚与拍拖11年的男友结婚。

noun

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

   Synonym:    about-face