flip-flopped

英 [ˈflɪp flɒpt]

美 [ˈflɪp flɑːpt]

v.  改变观点; (尤指)转持相反观点，来一个180度的大转弯
flip-flop的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• 人字拖鞋
  Flip-flopsare 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-flopson a decision, you are critical of them because they change their decision, so that they do or think the opposite.
  1. 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。
  2. 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？
  3. Flip-flopis also a noun.
     
  4. 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。

双语例句

• And the IE team flip-flopped.
  IE团队掷了硬币。
• The company has flip-flopped with its controversial features that would have limited used game playback, eliminated game rentals and prevented gamers from playing games offline.
  对于限制二手游戏、取消游戏租赁和阻止玩家离线玩游戏等颇具争议的功能，公司突然改变了态度。
• A Mormon who has flip-flopped on both abortion and civil unions, and said he was "effectively pro-choice" as recently as two years ago.
  一个在堕胎及民事结合问题上举棋不定的摩门教徒，并且他近来声称自己和两年前一样大力支持堕胎。