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turnabout

/turn-uh-bout/US // ˈtɜrn əˌbaʊt //UK // (ˈtɜːnəˌbaʊt) //

转身,回头是岸,回头客,回转

Related Words

flip-flop触发器,触发开关,拨动电话,触发式 turnaround周转,转折点,转变,周转率 reversal逆转,反转,逆转的,颠覆 shift移位,转移,移,轮班 reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒 volte-face转軚,转向,转变,转軚的做法

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the act of turning in a different or opposite direction.
- : a change of opinion, loyalty, etc.
- : a reciprocal action; act of doing to someone exactly as that person has done to oneself or another: Turnabout is fair play.
- : a person who changes things; a radical.
- : Chiefly British. merry-go-round.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounabout-face

Synonyms

u-turn转弯,转身,调头,掉头 change of direction改变方向,转移方向,转变方向,转向 flip-flop触发器,触发开关,拨动电话,触发式 reversal逆转,反转,逆转的,颠覆 turnaround周转,转折点,转变,周转率 reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒 shift移位,转移,移,轮班 volte-face转軚,转向,转变,转軚的做法 changeabout变化,变更,变动,变革 doubleback双背,双倍返还,双背式,双背体

Examples

That’s quite a turnabout from recent all-time highs for both.
Even Michele Bachmann recently made an abrupt turnabout on the issue, declaring it a settled question.
The recent turnabout is, ironically, a bit awkward for some of Obama's backers in the political press.
The incredible turnabout of Martin Drengo, the attack on David, who was killed, but somehow was not dead.
That is—until there was a question of turnabout being fair play in a world where natives took their skinning literally!
Turnabout may not always be fair play in the gulfs between the stars.
In the course of its fighting the monster may have to turnabout.

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