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flip-flops

英 [ˈflɪp flɒps]

美 [ˈflɪp flɑːps]

n.  人字拖鞋; 夹脚趾拖鞋
v.  改变观点; (尤指)转持相反观点,来一个180度的大转弯
flip-flop的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  • 人字拖鞋
    Flip-flopsare open shoes which are held on your feet by a strap that goes between your toes.
    1. in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用thongs

    2. VERB (尤指政客)改变决定,转持相反观点
      If you say that someone, especially a politician,flip-flopson a decision, you are critical of them because they change their decision, so that they do or think the opposite.
      1. He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues...
        他因为在几个关键问题上临场变卦而备受批评。
      2. He seemed so sure of his decision, how could he flip-flop so dramatically now?
        他当时好像对自己的决定非常肯定,现在怎么会突然有如此巨大的转变呢?
      3. Flip-flopis also a noun.
      4. The President's flip-flops on taxes made him appear indecisive.
        总统在税收问题上的一再反复使他显得优柔寡断。

    双语例句

    • On the one had this is obviously absurd: trying to read a book like this without a good deal of philosophical training is like going on an Arctic expedition in jeans, t-shirt and flip-flops.
      一方面,这显然是荒唐的:在没有任何哲学训练的情况下读这本书简直就像穿着牛崽裤、提恤衫、和拖鞋到北极探险。
    • Instead we got two nice beds, a TV and bathroom with complimentary soap, toothbrushes and flip-flops.
      可那的环境很好,两张好床,一部电视,配有香皂的冲凉房,还有牙刷。
    • Denim, T-shirts and flip-flops all'90s phenoms are only acceptable in the most casual of work environments.
      粗斜纹棉布,圆领衬衣,拖鞋等等90后的特征,在非常随意的工作环境中才是可以的。
    • According to different sensitive transitions of flip-flops used in sequential circuits, design and analysis methods for asynchronous sequential circuits are proposed by using the combinatorial clock.
      本文根据电路中采用的触发器的不同敏感沿,提出采用组合时钟的异步时序电路的设计和分析方法。
    • I would not expect people to wear shorts or flip-flops but I would never inspect what people are wearing.
      我估计不会有人穿短裤或夹趾拖鞋,但我也决不会去检查大家的衣着。
    • I saw Cady Heron wearing army pants and flip-flops.
      我看到凯蒂海伦穿着军短裤和拖鞋。
    • Shelves are laden with traditional Burmese staples such as pickled tea-leaf salad, pungent spices, felt-and-leather flip-flops and ladies 'batik sarongs.
      货架上摆满了传统的缅甸产品,如腌茶拌菜、辛辣调味品、毛毡和皮革制成的人字拖鞋,还有女式蜡染桶裙。
    • I must have looked as if I was having second thoughts because I was approached by an elderly man who retained a certain dignity despite wearing just flip-flops and a thick white felt hat of the kind favoured by garden gnomes.
      我必须装着好像是经过深思熟虑的,因为一名老翁来到了我的面前。老人保持着一定程度的尊严,尽管只他穿着拖鞋和一顶厚厚的白色毡帽,花园中侏儒雕塑常带的那种。
    • As a salaried worker, considering how much my bonus be, I realize how hard it is to quit. Shopping for summer clothes to wear to work? Forget the tank tops and lose the flip-flops.
      作为一个上班族,想到奖金数目,我才领悟到要辞职不干是多么困难。上班族们开始夏装大采购了吗?吊带衫和夹指拖还是不要考虑了。
    • Do not wear flip-flops or sneakers, unless you are interviewing to be a lead singer for a rock band.
      除非你是去面试摇滚乐队主唱,不然面试就别穿人字拖或运动鞋。