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U Turn Change Make N Count 可数名词 Made 英 美 N.U形转弯;调头;(方针、政策等的)急速转变

英语单词 U-turn
英美音标 英 美
中文释义 n.U形转弯;调头;(方针、政策等的)急速转变
英语例句 (1) At that point officials performed a U-turn and began negotiating an emergency rescue.
(2) Make a U-turn at the end of the street.
中文例句 (1) 在那时,政府官员开始“U型”大转弯,准备商讨进行紧急救援。
(2) 在街的尽头做U字掉头。
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]U型转弯;180度转弯;掉头 If you make a U-turn when you are driving or cycling, you turn in a half circle in one movement, so that you are then going in the opposite direction.
  • Making a sharp U-turn, she headed back...

    她猛地掉转车头,往回开。

  • Eventually, he turned off the main route and suddenly did a U-turn.

    最后,他驶离主道,来了一个急掉头。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词](政治家在政策、计划、行动方面的)180度大转弯,彻底转变 If you describe a change in a politician's policy, plans, or actions as a U-turn, you mean that it is a complete change and that they made the change because they were weak or were wrong.
  [disapproval]
  • ...a humiliating U-turn by the Prime Minister.

    首相极不光彩的180度大转变

  • ...the U-turns he made on economic policy and pit closures.

    他在经济政策和煤窑关闭方面的那些180度大转变

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