flip-flopping
英 [ˈflɪp flɒpɪŋ]
美 [ˈflɪp flɑːpɪŋ]
v. 改变观点; (尤指)转持相反观点，来一个180度的大转弯
flip-flop的现在分词
柯林斯词典
- 人字拖鞋
Flip-flops are open shoes which are held on your feet by a strap that goes between your toes. - VERB (尤指政客)改变决定，转持相反观点
If you say that someone, especially a politician, flip-flops on a decision, you are critical of them because they change their decision, so that they do or think the opposite.- He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues...
他因为在几个关键问题上临场变卦而备受批评。 - He seemed so sure of his decision, how could he flip-flop so dramatically now?
他当时好像对自己的决定非常肯定，现在怎么会突然有如此巨大的转变呢？ - Flip-flop is also a noun.
- The President's flip-flops on taxes made him appear indecisive.
总统在税收问题上的一再反复使他显得优柔寡断。
- He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues...
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用thongs
双语例句
- He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues
他因为在几个关键问题上临场变卦而备受批评。 - Barack Obama went on the offensive over foreign policy in the third and final presidential debate, repeatedly accusing Mitt Romney of flip-flopping on major international issues but failing to deliver a killer blow to his opponent's resurgent campaign.
在第三场也是最后一场总统候选人辩论中，奥巴马就外交政策发起攻势，一再指责罗姆尼在重大国际问题上的立场不坚定，但未能给他对手迅速崛起的竞选活动一个致命打击。 - This word encompasses a sense of "flip-flopping" but it also implies a number of other complicating forces.
这个单词包含着一种立场摇移之感，但是同时，它也暗示了许多其他复杂的涵义。