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单词 about-face
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about-faceaˌbout-ˈface (also aˌbout-ˈturn British English) noun [countable usually singular] Examples
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  • 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.
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