- 人字拖鞋
Flip-flops are open shoes which are held on your feet by a strap that goes between your toes.
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用thongs
- 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。