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-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

• 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。
• 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。