U-turn
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- n.(汽车等的) U 形转弯;180 度大转变
- v.作 180 度大转弯
- 网络不准掉头;U形转弯;调头
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复数:U-turns 同义词
英汉双解
1. | (汽车等的) U 形转弯,180 度转弯a turn of 180˚ that a vehicle makes so that it can move forwards in the opposite direction |
| to do/make a U-turn 作 180 度转弯 |
2. |
(政策、行为上令人尴尬的)彻底转变,180 度大转变a complete change in policy or behaviour, usually one that is embarrassing |
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There was no question of a policy U-turn.
政策急剧大改变是没有问题的。
Yet the Fed's credibility could be at stake if it allowed itself to be bullied into a late U-turn that is not clearly justified by the data.
不过,如果美联储让自己屈从压力,在最后关头完全改变立场,而这种改变又没有确凿数据的支撑,那它的信誉也就岌岌可危了。
Mervyn King, Bank of England governor, was forced into a policy U-turn yesterday in an attempt to ease pressure on the UK banking system.
英国央行(BankofEngland)行长默文•金(MervynKing)昨日被迫进行政策“调头”,试图缓解英国银行系统所面临的压力。
From some perspectives, this sudden fascination with the past marks something of a U-turn.
以某些观点来看,这种对历史突如其来的迷恋犹如180度大转弯。
The democratic Party used to be against the tax increase, but since the runaway inflation, it took a U-turn on it's tax policy.
民主党本来是反对加税计划的,但由于通货膨胀加剧,民主党的税收政策来了个180度的大转弯。
There may have been a closet regulatory U-turn, since regulators failed to support the deal publicly when the revolt kicked off.
监管机构的态度可能悄然出现逆转,因为在抵制行动开始时,监管机构没有公开支持此笔交易。
Before making a U-turn, Mr. Higuchi stepped out of his truck and adjusted his black baseball cap as he talked to some neighborhood boys.
调头返回前,通口先生走下车,整理了一下他的黑色棒球帽,与附近的一些男孩交谈。
Faced with a population at such an advanced stage of ageing , the German government has executed a dramatic policy U- turn .
面对如此严重的老龄化人口,德国政府已实施行戏剧性的政策逆转。
Keyboard keys accelerated keys back, the front control around key ups and downs of the space bar to a U-turn.
键盘上键加速,下键后退,左右键控制车头起落,空格键调头。
He did not mention that a run of bad inflation figures (up to 4. 4% in February) has made a fiscal U-turn trickier.
预算中他并没有提到2月份通胀数据达到了4.4%,这个糟糕的数字使财政状况急转直下。
To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: You turn if you want to.
对等待者与媒体喜爱的醒目政治宣传标语:U形转弯(反向转弯),我只说:如果您要U形转弯,您转动。
It remains to be seen how the American public will respond to its national U-turn.
美国公众对这种国家政策的大转向反应如何还有待观察。
If it started from the morning, our day would be totally difference if we did not make the first U turn.
如果是早上开始而我们早上坚持排队,这一天的活动很可能就完全不一样了。
A year later, following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the markets made a U-turn.
一年之后,紧接着雷曼兄弟破产,市场急速转变。
He rode, even making a U-turn, and was in perfect control, all his Parkinson's symptoms gone.
他骑车时控制得很好,甚至还会来个180度大转弯,一点都看不出他是个帕金森病患者。
What does it say about him that within three or four days he did a complete U-turn?
他在三四天之内来个180度大转弯说明了什么呢?
He made a U-turn right in the mid of the street and almost hit my car.
他在街中间来了个大转弯,差点撞上我的车。
When the British survey asked people to labor when they are depressed, U-turn into a bow, the highest point in 46 years of age.
当英国劳力调查询问人们他们是否抑郁时,U型转弯成为一个弓形,在46岁时达到最高点。
In Washington, Republicans condemned the U-turn, which came at the end of a 60-day review.
在华盛顿,共和党在一次60天审查结束时,谴责了这个180度转变。
Ships at the two ends of the rudder and propeller are, Do not need a U-turn navigation.
船的两端都有舵和推进器,航行时不需要调头。
Meanwhile, Downing Street announced that David Cameron, in an apparent U-turn, would now be wearing morning dress and not a business suit.
于此同时,英国政府也宣布大卫·卡梅隆穿着将有明显的变化,由西装改穿礼服。
As he announced his U-turn, Mr Mukherjee expressed the hope that MPs would start passing laws again.
当他宣布他的大转变时,Mukherjee先生表达了他的希望,MPs将开始再次通过立法。
An agreement to publish bank "stress tests" across the European Union would mark a significant policy U-turn by Berlin.
同意发布欧盟(EU)银行“压力测试”结果,将标志着德国政府的一大政策转变。
Doctors welcomed the move; the opposition Labour Party said it was a humiliating U-turn.
医生们对此举表示欢迎。反对党-工党认为此举是耻辱性的一百八十度(U型)大转弯。
But now some leading environmental campaigners have performed a U-turn and said that they got it wrong.
但是现在一些知名环保活动者的态度来了一个一百八十度转弯,说他们错了。
They mark a sharp U-turn for Goldman which, despite the turmoil, had been adding employees over the past year.
这一举措标志着高盛的态度发生了一百八十度的大转弯——尽管市场动荡,高盛在过去一年内一直在增加雇员。
I still see the guy once in awhile on the road, but I don't have the energy to do a U-turn and chase after him.
我偶尔还会在路上看见那个人,但是我没有勇气转身去跟他要钱。
She says: 'Our taxi driver decided to make a U-turn on the freeway and we are riding on the shoulder in the fast lane against traffic.
她说:“我们的出租车司机决定在高速路上掉头,于是我们就上了路肩,正对着快车道上迎面而来的车流。”
The U-turn has angered wildlife experts who say the insect will pose a major public health menace.
这一态度上的急转弯惹恼了野生生物专家,他们认为这种昆虫会给公共卫生造成巨大威胁。
This is not the only sharp U-turn Mr Trichet has had to perform recently.
这不是特里谢最近须表现出的唯一的急速转变。
If any state illustrates the screeching U-turn that American politics has taken in two short years, it's Florida.
如果任何国家说明了刺耳的掉头,美国政治已经在短短两年内采取的,它的佛罗里达州。
After spending aggressively for years, Conoco has now made a U-turn by promising to shed assets, cut debt and boost its dividend.
在持续多年大规模投资之后,康菲石油如今彻底扭转了策略,承诺要清理资产、减少债务、增加股息发放。
Some disillusioned Indonesians even contemplate the unthinkable: a U-turn, back to more central control.
某些失望的印尼公众提出要180度大转变,要回归更集权的控制。
When she noded, I made a U-turn. I looked in the mirror and found the rest of the procession was still following.
她点点头,我就调转车头往回开。我从后视镜里看到,后面的车队仍然跟着我们。
Now China must make a policy U-turn, to boost its internal demand and support a co-ordinated expansion throughout east Asia.
现在,中国必须彻底改变政策立场,促进国内需求,支持整个东亚协调一致的扩张。
Could the kingdom's religious leaders be about to make a sharp U-turn?
沙特王国的宗教领袖们会立刻作出大逆转决定吗?
the opposition Labour Party said it was a humiliating U-turn.
反对党工党说,这是一个可耻的倒退。
Despite his U-turn on the referendum, Mr. Papandreou still faced a fight to survive a parliamentary vote of confidence due late Friday.
尽管帕潘德里欧在公投的事情上已经转变态度,但他还要为了通过议会于周五晚上举行的一次信任表决而努力。
Puppy then make a U-turn, chasing its tail, but was failed to bite regardless of how hard he has done.
小狗于是掉头,追咬自己的尾巴,可是,无论它怎么努力,都无法咬到自己的尾巴。
Her second U-turn came this week: she persuaded her CDU to overcome strong conservative objections, and support minimum wages.
她的第二个政策大转变就发生于上周:她说服她所领导的基民盟克服保守派的强烈反对,支持最低工资。