释义 |
about-faceaˌbout-ˈface (also aˌbout-ˈturn British English) noun [countable usually singular] - An about-face between now and then is possible but not likely.
- Belinda felt bewildered by his apparent about-face.
- In recent months, Clinton has made a substantial about-face in his drug strategy.
- Intel said it is not making any about-face in its strategy.
- Of all the reversals, though, the most destructive in the long run was the about-face of the Communist world.
- The about-face came quickly, though not easily and not without controversy.
- The regents and provost are trying to cast their about-face as a positive move.
a complete change in the way someone thinks or behaves SYN U-turn: The administration seems to have done a complete about-face on gun-control. |