about-face

1. N-COUNT （态度或观点的）彻底改变，大转变
   An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.
   1. Few observers believe the president will do an about-face and start spending more.
      没有几个观察家认为总统会彻底改变态度而增加开支。

1. Few observers believe the president will do an about-face and start spending more.
   没有几个观察家认为总统会彻底改变态度而增加开支。
2. In a stunning reversal, the technology giant made an abrupt about-face on some of the controversial features of its upcoming Xbox one console.
   这家科技巨头的态度突然出现逆转，修改了即将上市的XboxOne游戏机中部分引发争议的功能。
3. That was a near 100% about-face from a year ago, when the same group was mostly bullish on the shares of large companies and Berkshire ( BRKa) in particular.
   这和一年前面临的情况发生了近乎一百八十度的大逆转，当时在座的还是这些投资者，但他们大多看好大型公司的股票，尤其是伯克希尔。
4. Now in an abrupt about-face, Barnes& Noble announced alongside earnings that it would stop manufacturing its own tablets and let interested third-party manufacturers potentially make their own nook-compatible devices.
   现在，巴诺突然来了个180度大转弯，在发布财报的同时宣布将停止制造平板电脑，转而让有兴趣的第三方厂商生产与Nook兼容的设备。
5. It was an about-face for Moyal, a member of the hawkish Likud Party, who has been calling for the army to invade Gaza to end the rocket attacks.
   他发出的呼吁和他以往的立场不一样。穆瓦亚尔过去一直呼吁以色列军队入侵加沙地带，从而结束火箭袭击。
6. Jobs had initially opposed allowing outside developers to build apps for the iPhone, but he did a quick about-face once he realized he was wrong.
   乔布斯最初反对让外部开发者为iPhone开发app，不过在认识到自己错了之后，就迅速改变了立场。
7. The bank soon parachuted in top risk managers from its investment bank, to help evaluate the trade and the models and assumptions underpinning it; what they discovered forced an embarrassing about-face.
   摩根大通立即从投行部门抽调了两名顶尖的风控经理，帮助评估该交易、交易模型及模型的假设条件；二人发现的事实让摩根大通不得不尴尬地彻底改变此前的态度。
8. While Beijing allowed the yuan to appreciate slightly against the dollar last year, recent signs of an economic slowdown pushed Chinese policy makers into an about-face this week.
   尽管中国去年允许人民币对美元小幅升值，但由于最近有迹象显示经济增长放缓，中国的决策者本周开始改变立场。
9. While film censorship isn't new in China, the abrupt about-face was unusual because controversial movies rarely make it through the approval process to begin with.
   虽然电影审查在中国不算新鲜事，但这种临时禁播一部影片的做法并不常见，因为存在争议的影片很少能通过审查登陆院线。
10. Emerald and radiant orchid actually look good together, Ms. Eiseman argues, but the one is such an about-face from the other that it's likely to encourage consumers to get out and shop in order to stay up to date.
    她认为翡翠绿与璀璨兰花紫搭配在一起其实很好看，但后者与前者截然不同，所以它可能会促使消费者出门购置该色彩的行头以便跟上潮流。
11. Soldiers, you should be facing north, not south. About-face! yelled the commander.
    指挥官大喊：士兵们，你们应该面向北面，不是南面。转过去！
12. The latest measure marked 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。
13. To judge by the reaction in Washington, DC, this was an about-face like Big Brother's conversion of Eurasia from foe to ally in Orwell's "1984".
    华盛顿一百八十度大转弯真如奥威尔的《1984年》中老大哥对待欧亚国从敌人到同盟的转变。
14. The World Bank president's warning followed a dramatic about-face on Asia's growth prospects by the International Monetary Fund, which was clearly taken by surprise by the region's strong performance in the past six months.
    佐利克发出上述警告之前，国际货币基金组织（IMF）大幅改变了其对亚洲增长前景的预测。亚洲地区过去6个月的强劲表现，显然令IMF感到吃惊。
15. The policy about-face from central banks not only the most cautious of market participants but also those in command of the most information underscores how the crisis has transformed the global market landscape.
    各国央行（不仅是最为谨慎的市场参与者，还包括掌握着最多信息的国家）政策的彻底逆转，突显出金融危机如何彻底改变了全球市场格局。
16. Helio was originally conceived as a "power user's carrier," but it did an unexplained about-face and decided to go for the social-networking youth when it launched.
    Helio在筹备的时候标榜为“超级玩家的运营商”，但在发布的时候来个大变脸，决定去拥抱社交网络的年轻人。
17. His about-face on this issue has come as an earthquake.
    他在这一问题上的彻底转变，好比一场地震。
18. Go walk with the strikers, and you'll start to feel that the strike is less an about-face from July's atmosphere than a continuation of it.
    和那些罢工的人走在一起，你就会开始感觉到与其说罢工是在重新转向世界杯期间那种氛围，不如说罢工就是世界杯氛围的延续。
19. Two wayward humpback whales have done an about-face and are headed back toward the Pacific Ocean.
    两只任性的驼背鲸终于肯调头游向他们的家&太平洋。
20. The about-face on anti-subsidy tariffs is unlikely to forestall the passage of more comprehensive China-bashing laws, which seems all but certain this year.
    首先，反补贴税政策的变化很难避免国会通过内容更广泛的法案来打击中国。
21. A reversal, as in policy; an about-face.
    向后转转向反面，如在政策上；大转变。
22. A few days later he made an about-face.
    几天以后，他变了卦。
23. That was when a loud 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。

noun

1. a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
   1. an about-face on foreign policy

   Synonym:    volte-facereversalpolicy change

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

   Synonym:    about turn

verb

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

2. turn, usually 180 degrees