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单词 U-turn
释义
U-turn
Word forms: U-turns , U-turning, U-turning
1. countable noun
If you make a U-turn when you are driving or cycling, you turn in a half circle in one movement, so that you are then going in the opposite direction.
Making a sharp U-turn, she headed back.
Eventually, he turned off the main route and suddenly did a U-turn.
2. countable noun
If you describe a change in a politician's policy, plans, or actions as a U-turn, you mean that it is a complete change and that they made the change because they were weak or were wrong. [disapproval]
...a humiliating U-turn by the party. [+ by]
...the U-turns he made on economic policy and pit closures.
verb
U-turn is also a verb.
This chancellor has U-turned before. [VERB]
He's U-turned on several other proposals too, but that is not a bad thing. [VERB on noun]
Translations:
Chinese: U形转弯, 180度大转弯政策、计划、行动等
Japanese: Uターン, 方向転換
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