about turn

英 [əˌbaʊt ˈtɜːn]

美 [əˌbaʊt ˈtɜːrn]

网络  向后转

网络

英英释义

noun

• act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
  Synonym:about-face

双语例句

• You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue.
  你们这帮小伙子快变成蓝色的了。
• I'm about to turn 30 and have just married my partner of 11 years.
  我快30岁了，刚刚与拍拖11年的男友结婚。
• They have heard all the stories of you growing up and how you always fought with your older sister about whose turn it was to take out the trash.
  他们听过你所有的成长故事以及关于倒垃圾这个事情你是如何和你的姐姐吵架的。
• We're about to turn to value theory.
  我们将讨论价值理论。
• Oh, that's rich. you're about to turn over the flute, and you act as if I'm surrendering.
  喔，太棒了。你马上就要把魔笛交出来，但听你的意思好象是我要投降了。
• The children argued about whose turn it was to sit in the front seat.
  孩子们争论该轮到谁坐前排座位。
• Employers, needless to say, are not too happy about this turn of events.
  不用说，老板们对事态的这种变化是不太高兴的。
• But I'm not about to turn this base into the Grand Central Station of the multiverse.
  我不要把这个基地变成多元宇宙的盛大的中心。
• When I was about to turn left at the end of the hallway the chill disappeared and I stopped.
  在走廊另一头卧正要左拐的时候，那阵寒意消失了，我停下脚步。
• ` About turn! 'barked the sergeant-major.
  ‘向后转！’军士长厉声喊道。