volte-face

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌvɒltˈfæs]
• 美式音标 [ˌvoʊltˈfæs]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.向后转；大转弯

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The reasons for the apparent volte-face remain mysterious.
  这一明显的态度大转变的原因还是个迷。
• The idea that he could suddenly volte-face and seek to be accepted on the world stage as a friend of the U.S. is far from impossible.
  那种认为他可能突然来个大转弯，寻求作为美国的一位朋友而被世界舞台所接受的想法远非不可能的。
• More generally, arguments that private-equity firms should be allowed greater flexibility by regulators to inject capital into ailing banks look a bit less persuasive after this volte-face.
  更广泛的观点认为，这次毁约之后，私人投资企业为疲弱的银行注入资本时，应从管理者那里得到更大的灵活性。

权威例句

• And it is almost certain that the government will do a volte-face on this.
  ECONOMIST: The Japanese economy
• To be sure, the Bush team will win plaudits domestically for its volte-face on dealing with Iran.
  CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A costly diplomatic error
• The president's volte-face may have done more damage to Roberto Madrazo, the probable candidate of the formerly ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
  ECONOMIST: The race is on

词组短语

短语

• make a volte -face 来个一百八十度的大转变
• to do a volte -face 来个一百八十度的大转变;翻译

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a sudden change from one set of beliefs or plan of action to the opposite

柯林斯英英字典

• If you say that someone's behaviour is a volte-face, you mean that they have changed their opinion or decision completely, so that it is the opposite of what it was before.