| 单词 | volte-face |
| 释义 | volte-face (vɒlt fɑːs) Word forms: plural volte-faces countable noun [usually singular] If you say that someone's behaviour is a volte-face, you mean that they have changed their opinion or decision completely, so that it is the opposite of what it was before. [formal] The day's events were a remarkable volte-face. volte-face in British English (ˈvɒltˈfɑːs) nounWord forms: plural volte-face 1. a reversal, as in opinion or policy 2. a change of position so as to look, lie, etc, in the opposite direction Word origin C19: from French, from Italian volta-faccia, from volta a turn + faccia facevolte-face in American English (ˌvɔltˈfɑs) noun 1. a turn so as to face the opposite way; about-face 2. a complete reversal of opinion, attitude, etc. Word origin Fr < It volta faccia < volta, a turn (see volt1) + faccia < VL facia, faceExamples of 'volte-face' in a sentence |
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