volte-face

英 [ˌvɒlt ˈfɑːs]

美 [ˌvɔːlt ˈfɑːs]

n.  (意见或计划的)大转变，完全转变

复数：volte-faces　

牛津词典

noun

• （意见或计划的）大转变，完全转变
  a complete change of opinion or plan
  1. This represents a volte-face in government thinking.
     这代表着政府观点的彻底转变。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （观点或决定的）大转变，彻底转变，180度大转弯
  If you say that someone's behaviour is avolte-face, you mean that they have changed their opinion or decision completely, so that it is the opposite of what it was before.
  1. The day's events were a remarkable volte-face.
     当日发生的事件是一次惊人的大转折。

英英释义

noun

• a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
  1. an about-face on foreign policy
  Synonym:about-facereversalpolicy change

双语例句

• Optimal reentry volte-face trajectory and control for hypersonic spacecraft
  高超声速航天器最优再入大回转轨迹与控制
• Herlatest speech represents a complete volte-face in governmentthinking.
  她最近的讲话表明政府观点完全改变了。
• Spacecraft control laws for volte-face reentry motion are explored.
  探讨了高超声速大回转再入的控制方法。
• She seems to have compromised her earlier views somewhat by going along with her party's volte-face on defence.
  随着她所在的党对国防政策的大转变，她好像已经就她起初的观点作了妥协。
• The day's events were a remarkable volte-face.
  当日发生的事件是一次惊人的大转折。
• Some observers have blamed the volte-face on lobbying inside the senior echelons of the European Central Bank.
  一些观察员认为，欧洲央行（ecb）高层内部的游说，是这种态度转变的原因。
• "You say I did a volte-face, but we are going back many years now," he said.
  “你会说我是两面派，但我们早已走上正轨，”他说。