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词汇 turnabout
释义 turnabout
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈtɜːn.ə.baʊt/ us /ˈtɝːn.ə.baʊt/
a complete change from one situation or condition to its opposite: 彻底变化;一百八十度的大转变
How did the candidate explain the dramatic turnabout in his views on immigration?候选人是怎么解释他在移民问题上态度的戏剧性转变的?
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turnabout | American Dictionary


turnabout
noun[ C ]
us/ˈtɜrn·əˌbɑʊt/
a complete change from one situation or condition to its opposite:
In a complete turnabout, the mayor has decided not to run for reelection.

Examples of turnabout


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In an apparent turnabout, he proposes that conversational data can be used to falsify a theory if a forbidden structure occurs.
He clearly relished the turnabout that some leading critics made when looking back on the film's historic import.
This was a turnabout in old commitments with the domestically oriented industrialists (usually, non-diversified single firms) and the labour movement.
Instead, in a remarkable turnabout, he decided to confiscate the company.
That would be quite a turnabout.
There is their changed attitude about public expenditure, a complete turnabout.
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By a rather curious turnabout it now seems that it is accused of not prosecuting when it should.
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The turnabout in the balance of payments means that we have a stable exchange rate.
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There has been a startlingly sharp turnabout in trade.
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It is a remarkable turnabout which has been largely unexplained.
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It seems to me that they have had a complete turnabout as regards their views.
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Taking the number of redundancies and factory closures, the startling fact emerges that the great turnabout in our fortunes occurred in 1968 just after devaluation.
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This is, therefore, a considerable turnabout for us.
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What effect does he expect this turnabout to have on the morale of the work people?
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There cannot be any other explanation of this astonishing turnabout in the last few months.
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