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volte-face 英vɔːltˈfɑːs, ˌvɔːltə-美vɔltˈfɑs, ˌvɔltə-AHDvôlt-fäsʹ, vôl'tə- ☆☆☆☆☆高COCA¹⁷⁰⁴⁸⁷BNC⁵⁰⁴⁰⁷iWeb⁶⁰⁰⁶²Economist²⁶⁷⁷⁸⁺⁵
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n.向后转⁶⁷;大转弯³³复数volte-faces
Noun:
a major change in attitude or principle or point of view;an about-face on foreign policy volte,转，旋转，词源同 volume,face,脸。引申词义大转变。volte-face⇒n.向后转⁶⁷近义词 turn翻转reversal翻转U-turnU形转弯about-face向后转about-turn向后转policy change政策转变change of heart改变看法change of direction方向变化
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用作名词The troops were ordered to face about.队伍接到命令向后转。
Turn around,ie so as to face in the opposite direction.向后转，面对相反的方向。 One Socialist who will find the volte-face particularly awkward is Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, who replaces the outgoing Mr Zapatero as the party's candidate for prime minister in November's election.
而对这种180度逆转感到格外尴尬的工人社会党员莫过于阿尔弗雷多·佩雷斯·卢瓦尔卡瓦Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba了，他将取代即将离任的萨帕特罗作为该党的首相候选人出征11月大选。 ecocn
The North's restraint over the past week and the South's new willingness to resume six- party talks, however, may owe more to Chinese efforts than a volte-face by Seoul.
不过，朝鲜过去一周的克制和韩国新近表现出来的重开六方会谈的意愿，也许主要应归功于中国的努力，而非首尔方面态度的转变。 blog.sina.com.cn |